Cop 2 Cop Program Receives Award For His Work On The Stigma Of Mental Health

University of conduct health program of the second session of the COP cops and robbers, has been governor of New Jersey Bureau of Mental Health and Stigma law enforcement community, the community to help Ambassador Award.

Cop directing the second session of the COP and retired police lieutenant 切丽卡斯特 Serrano and 帕特西科恩 Shelia Hobson, who is now the second session of the COP Interpol mental health experts and health care providers were received on May 18 in New Jersey Forensic Science Technology Center in Hamilton Award.

Over the past 10 years, law enforcement officers and retired doctors and a police concern, the problem has deep understanding and family composition of the second session of the COP Cop confidential hotline connection - statewide, with their active peers - encourage flexibility, combat and prevent the stigma of suicide.

In the Piscataway program has answered over 25,000 hotline to avoid since its inception, more than 170 suicide. In the past year, the second Conference of the Parties Meeting of the Parties to provide suicide prevention program to more than 3,600 staff and has been in the mental health stigma posters Council of New Jersey governor's race features.

Law enforcement community, "members must deal with the pressure of the enormous responsibility of safeguarding the public from the impact. We are honored to the second Conference of the Parties Meeting of the Parties has become an important support to oppose the threat of suicide and seeking help to combat the stigma of major progress, "said Chris Kosseff, the University's chief administrative officer of behavioral healthcare. "We are very grateful for the opportunity to help those who serve, we are deeply aware of this appreciation."

Founded in 2000 as between acts of the University of New Jersey, health care and personnel, cooperation in the second session of the COP COP is the same type of legislation into law, the nation's first program to focus on suicide prevention and law enforcement personnel mental health support. It is in the New Jersey Department of Human Services.

"We welcome all the recipients today," New Jersey Governor's Commission on Mental Health Stigma Executive Director Selena Gray would say.

"Your partnership will continue to be critical," Deputy Commissioner of the Department of Human Services Kevin Ma Tong told the recipients, and other attended the ceremony. Said: "We need to ensure that mentally ill people like they are part of the community feeling."

Interpol 2 team members are trained cops and robbers crisis in stress management. They called on to respond, and the meeting report and resolve the situation, the key event. The program is the only national law enforcement hotline is certified by the American Association of suicides. For more information, please call 866 - Conference of the Parties 2COP or visit http://ubhc.umdnj.edu/cop2cop/main.htm .