Elizabeth Sale, Ph.D is the Director of Evaluation and a research associate professor at the Missouri Institute of Mental Health at the University of Missouri – St. Louis. Dr. Sale has over twenty-five years of experience in evaluation with specific expertise in suicide and substance use prevention.   She has been the lead evaluator for four Garrett Lee Smith (GLS) Youth Suicide Prevention Initiatives and has researched the effectiveness of several suicide prevention programs, including Question Persuade Refer (QPR) and Counseling on Access to Lethal Means (CALM). She has led evaluations of several other SAMHSA grants including Systems of Care, Project LAUNCH, and Prescription Drug Overdose initiatives. She is published in several peer-reviewed journals including the American Journal of Community Psychology , the Journal of Primary Prevention, the American Journal on Drug and Alcohol Abuse and the Journal of Drug Education.

Presentation(s):

Preventing Youth Suicide in Missouri: Effectiveness of a Hospital, School and Community Mental Health Center Collaboration in Kansas City