suicide prevention

As part of its commitment to help reduce suicide deaths across the state, the Wyoming Department of Health (WDH) is sharing key information about the 988 Suicide and Crisis Lifeline and its operations in Wyoming. The 988 Suicide & Crisis Lifeline is free, confidential and always available. Th...

The governor also signed bills dealing with suicide prevention and allowing clergy to visit healthcare facilities, among other topics.

Recently, the Central Wyoming Counseling Center informed staff that Kevin Hazucha, the CEO of the company, had been placed on 'paid administrative leave.'

CFD has teamed up with Garth Brooks in promoting a new suicide awareness and prevention campaign built around the most cowboy role in the rodeo arena, the pick-up man.

Governor Gordon visited the Central Wyoming Counseling Center on Tuesday to learn more about the organization's suicide prevention lifeline and the texting services that accompany it.

September is National Suicide Prevention Month and this week is also National Suicide Prevention Week. According to the Wyoming Department of Health, a new Wyoming-based suicide prevention lifeline is now available.

Wyoming also was the only state not to have its own suicide hotline.

The department says the request would allow it to look for a call center provider.

Wilkie, who visited the Cheyenne VA Medical Center on Thursday, says 14 of the 20 veterans who commit suicide everyday are not in the VA system.

The American Foundation for Suicide Prevention lists Wyoming, as of 2016, as 3rd highest in the nation for suicides per state.