Lake of the Woods Democratic ClubAlan C. Rasmussen, an authority on mental health and suicide prevention, will speak at a community forum on mental health issues from 2 p.m. to 4 p.m. on Sunday, March 16, at the Lake of the Woods Community Center in Locust Grove.
Alan C. Rasmussen, an authority on mental health and suicide prevention, will speak at a community forum on mental health issues from 2 p.m. to 4 p.m. on Sunday, March 16, at the Lake of the Woods Community Center in Locust Grove.
More than 30,000 suicides occur in the United States each year, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, making suicide the tenth leading cause of death for Americans.
Rasmussen is a suicide-prevention specialist with the Rappahannock Rapidan Community Services Board and a faculty member for the Bachelor of Interdisciplinary Students program at the University of Virginia in Charlottesville. He graduated from U.Va. in 1975 with a bachelor’s degree in sociology and earned a master’s degee in counselor education in 1977.
The event is open to the public.
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