The Resilience Round Up Podcast
The Resilience Round Up Podcast is a monthly podcast series that offers resources to help Soldiers maintain resilience. We know that the Army can be a tough profession. This podcast will help Soldiers not just cope, but learn, grow and thrive. Dynamic speakers will present helpful information in a more conversational style setting. The podcast will serve as a forum for discussing the latest research, policies and tools. Remember, you are RESILIENT!
The Resilience Round Up Podcast is produced by the U.S. Army's Directorate of Prevention, Resilience and Readiness.
The Resilience Round Up Podcast
The Resilience Round Up Podcast, Episode 18 Securing Hope: Strategies for Lethal Means Safety
Securing Hope: Strategies for Lethal Means Safety
This episode's guest is Dr. Emmy Betz who is an emergency physician and nationally recognized leader in firearm injury prevention and suicide prevention. She is currently a professor of emergency medicine at the University of Colorado School of Medicine, where she is the founding director of the Firearm Injury Prevention Initiative.
The topic is Securing Hope: Strategies for Lethal Means Safety. Dr. Betz dives into an in-depth discussion on Lethal Means Safety (LMS), including how Army personnel can integrate LMS into their roles as a means of reducing harmful behaviors and preventing suicide. Along with explaining how LMS is carried out within the Defense Department and addressed in the Army's Strategic Plan, Dr. Betz addresses misconceptions about suicide and LMS, provides the latest research updates and recommends evidence-based activities that listeners can adopt.
About the Directorate of Prevention, Resilience and Readiness
In June 2023, the U.S. Army announced the realignment of the Army Resilience Directorate from G-1, personnel readiness, to the Office of the Deputy Chief of Staff in G-9. This move formalizes a new prevention governance structure, enabling a community approach to prevention that lowers the risk of harmful behaviors.
The consolidated directorate was renamed the Directorate of Prevention, Resilience and Readiness (DPRR) on July 1, 2023, and is led by Ms. Dee Geise, former director of SFRD.
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