Presentation title: The Gatekeeper Program, Saving One Life.

David Smith

Wyoming and the Rocky Mountain Region continue to have some of the highest suicide rates in the United States. The Gatekeeper program is designed to educate professionals and lay people alike about the facts, myths and stigma associated with suicide so as to better prepare all individuals to intervene. It is the goal of the Mental Health Task Force at Ivinson Memorial Hospital, Laramie, Wyoming to provide this program to reduce suicides by referring people who are at risk for mental health services.