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Suicide Prevention Gatekeepers<\/strong>\u00a0<\/span>– A gatekeeper is someone trained to recognize a suicide crisis and, because of their training, know how and where to find help.<\/p>\n Why QPR for Suicide Prevention Gatekeepers?<\/strong>\u00a0<\/span>QPR gatekeeper training takes just 90 minutes and is taught in a format that is clear, concise, and applicable for a wide variety of audiences. Gatekeepers are given information that is easy to understand, and reinforced by a QPR booklet and card complete with warning signs, methods to encourage a person to get help and a list of resources available in your community.<\/p>\n Who Teaches QPR Gatekeepers?<\/strong>\u00a0<\/span>QPR was created and developed by Paul Quinnett, Ph.D. of Spokane, Washington. Dr. Quinnett began a QPR Instructor Certification Program to allow qualified candidates to teach QPR and increase the number of people trained to act in a bold, positive manner to prevent a suicide and save a life.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n QPR recognizes that even socially isolated individuals usually have some sort of contact within their community (e.g. family, doctors, teachers, employer, banker, counselor, etc.)<\/p>\n QPR teaches diverse groups within each community how to recognize the “real crisis” of suicide and the symptoms that accompany it.<\/p>\n QPR addresses high-risk people within their own environments (verses requiring the individual to initiate requests for support or treatment on their own).<\/p>\n QPR offers the increased possibility of intervention early in the depressive and\/or suicidal crisis (when the level of suicide may be less).<\/p>\n QPR encourages the gatekeeper to take the individual directly to a treatment provider and\/or community resource.<\/p>\n QPR stresses active follow-up on each intervention that occurs.<\/p>\n The individual trained in QPR often plays a pre-existing role in the at-risk person’s life. This increases the sense of continuity, support likelihood of a positive resolution.<\/p>\nAsk a Question, Save a Life How QPR Differs from Other Suicide Prevention Programs<\/h3>\n