Updates + Notices
Read below for updates on the agency, our projects, and our data, as well as timely public health notices or statements
April is Stress Awareness Month: Strengthening Your Stress Radar
April is Stress Awareness Month, a time to recognize how stress shows up in our daily lives and how it influences the choices we make. The concept of a stress radar is simple but powerful. It means learning to pause, check in, and notice the signals your body and mind are giving you before stress builds or leads to unhealthy decisions.
Recovery and Suicide Prevention
For Recovery Month and Suicide Prevention Awareness Month, we examine the intersection of these issues
Unequal Risk: Youth Suicide Disparities in Cortland County
For Suicide Prevention Awareness Month we look at the Cortland Youth Survey data about disparities around suicide indicators and risk/protective factors
Facts and Misconceptions of Fall and Winter Suicide Patterns
It’s often thought to be common knowledge that deaths by suicide spike in the holiday months between November and January. But then why doesn’t any data support this claim?