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QPR: Question, Persuade, Refer

Suicide Prevention Training

Events Background

GK has provided free suicide prevention training to over 700 food service workers nationally.

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QPR, the CPR of suicide prevention training, is an emergency mental health intervention for suicidal persons created in 1995 by Paul Quinnett. This one hour ‘GateKeeper’ training prepares you to support a friend, family member, or teammate who is contemplating suicide. Over 500,000 people have taken this training — join over half a million people who want to help prevent suicide.

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Suicidal ideation is 2-3x higher in the food service industry compared to other workplaces. Often times, the simple offering of hope, and social and spiritual support can avert a suicide attempt entirely.

– Han, B., Crosby, A. E., Ortega, L. A. G., Parks, S. E., Compton, W. M., Gfroerer, J. (2017). Suicidal ideation, suicide attempt, and occupations among employed adults aged 18-64 years in the United States. Comprehensive Psychiatry, 66, 176-186.

Why QPR Gatekeeper Training?

Crisis brain is real. While chronic depression and other mental illnesses can trigger suicidal ideation, a desperate situation can also send people into a mental space where suicide is suddenly on the table. Giving Kitchen’s entire team is required to complete the QPR Gatekeeper Training to help manage food service workers experiencing crisis brain. The QPR Method can help to not only save a life, but build a culture in which people are looking out for each other better than before.

QPR Training Testimonials

GK has provided free suicide prevention training to over 700 food service workers nationally.

93.73% of those 700 food service workers report that they feel confident in their ability to help a suicidal person after taking QPR training.

1 in 4 report they know someone who may need help and intend on reaching out immediately.

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I have lost too many close to me to suicide. I feel much more empowered to help in the future.

Very good training. Thank you for making it available. I wish I had done it years ago to help my friend who took his life.

Thank you for this information. I feel more confident in my knowledge of helping and giving hope to someone who may be thinking of suicide.

Thank you so much for such a helpful, insightful, and empowering tool.

This program challenged some assumptions about suicide I had, even as someone who attempted suicide and went through treatment for it.

Thank you. I am grateful my boss recommended your course to me and I will recommend it to others.

Other Resources

QPR is a training tool to help others. If you are currently experiencing thoughts of self-harm or suicide, please call 988 for support, and review the helpful resources listed at the bottom this page.

Call 988

Suicide and Crisis Lifeline, 24 hours a day in English and Spanish

Crisis Text Line

Text START to 741-741 to chat with a crisis expert.

LGBT National Hotline

Call 1-888-843-4564 A hotline run by the LGBT National Help Center, the LGBT Hotline is available 24/7 and staffed with highly trained and dedicated LGBTQIA+ volunteers who provide free and confidential services. They offer support, information, and local resources through the US, and never report your calls to any outside organization or authority. Additionally, they offer an <a href="https://www.lgbthotline.org/chat" target="_blank">LGBT Online Peer Support Chat</a>.

The Trevor Project

Call 1-866-488-7386 The Trevor Project's mission is to end suicide among LGBT young people. Their hotline and text line offer immediate support and connection to a crisis counselor 24 hours a day, 7 days a year. It's 100% confidential, and 100% free.

Trans Lifeline

Call 1-877-565-8860 Trans Lifeline's Hotline is a peer support phone service run by trans people for trans and questioning peers. This hotline operates 24/7 - occasionally call volume will be high and there may be a delay in connection; try to call again. This lifeline offers full anonymity and confidentiality, and does not call 911, emergency services, or law enforcement without your consent.

Call Blackline

Call 1-800-604-5841 Call Blackline provides a space for peer support, counseling, reporting of mistreatment, witnessing and affirming the lived experiences for folxs who are most impacted by systematic oppression with an LGBTQIA+ Black Femme Lens. Call Blackline prioritizes Black, Indigenous, and People of Color. You can call or text this phone line for assistance.

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