Aim 1

Any adult (e.g., parents, teachers, doctors, office supervisors and staff, police officers, caseworkers, students) can be trained in QPR. A QPR-trained gatekeeper learns the following: how to recognize suicide warning signs, how to calmly ask questions and listen to an at-risk person, and how to get help for someone at-risk. The training includes providing a brief history of suicide prevention, epidemiology/statistics pertaining to suicide, risk factors, warning signs, and protective factors, facts and myths of suicide, common ways in which someone may express suicidal thoughts and feelings, and general strategies for interacting and intervening with at-risk individuals during a moment of crisis.

Gryglewicz, K., Garrison, C. M. T., Childs, K. K., Labouliere, C. D., & Karver, M. S. (2024). Examining individual and service delivery context variables and their association with the effectiveness of QPR suicide prevention gatekeeper training. Administration and Policy in Mental Health and Mental Health Services Research, 51(1), 47-59. 

Peterson, A. L., Monahan, M. F., Bender, A. M., Gryglewicz, K., & Karver, M. S. (2021). Don’t invite everyone! Training variables impacting the effectiveness of QPR trainings. Administration and Policy in Mental Health and Mental Health Services Research, 48, 343-353.

Hangartner, R. B., Totura, C. M. W., Labouliere, C. D., Gryglewicz, K., & Karver, M. S. (2019). Benchmarking the “Question, Persuade, Refer” program against evaluations of established suicide prevention gatekeeper trainings. Suicide and Life‐Threatening Behavior, 49(2), 353-370.

Labouliere, C. D., Tarquini, S. J., Totura, C. M. Wienke, Kutash, K., & Karver, M. S. (2015).  Revisiting the concept of “knowledge:” How much is learned by students participating in suicide prevention gatekeeper training? Crisis: The Journal of Crisis Intervention and Suicide Prevention, 36(4), 274-280.  

Karver, M. S., Le, K., Webster, A., Schuck, A., & Cao, E. (2024, January). Suicide Prevention: Where we have been and new directions. Keynote Speaker Presentation to the 6th annual meeting of the virtual Activist Lab Boot Camp.

Bohn, J., Karver, M., Roggenbaum, S., Sever, A., & Agrawal, K. (2024, January). Suicide Prevention Panel. Panel discussion member at the 6th annual meeting of the virtual Activist Lab Boot Camp.

Totura Garrison, C. M. W., Lucnher, A., Briscoe, C., Borntrager, L., Le, K., Kneusel, J., Gryglewicz, K., Fisher, K. C., & Karver, M. S. (2023, May). Discussant. Discussant for a Research Symposium entitled Innovative Approaches to the Evaluation of Suicide Prevention across Service Sectors.  Research Symposium at the 2nd annual meeting of the virtual Suicide Research Symposium.

Poonai, A., Borntrager, L., Gryglewicz, K., & Karver, M.S. (2020). An analysis on the length of time in training and the retention of knowledge in the QPR suicide prevention program. Poster session presented at the University of Central Florida Showcase of Undergraduate Research Excellence, Orlando, FL.

Karver, M.S. (2019, December). Suicide Prevention: Research and Recommendations for Working with At-risk Youth. Invited paper presented for the annual David Gallagher Memorial Lecture at the NYU Child and Adolescent Psychiatry Grand Rounds, New York, NY.

Borntrager, L., Peterson, A., Gryglewicz, K., Karver, M.S., & Kersey, S. (2019, October). Implementing suicide prevention training in a healthcare setting: Can we change provider attitudes and perceptions? Poster session presented at the 2019 IASR/AFSP International Summit on Suicide Research, Miami, FL.

Peterson, A., Sullivan, B., Berkevich, B., Hangartner, R., Monahan, M., Witmeir, M., Brown, L., Gryglewicz, K., & Karver, M.S. (2019, April). Don’t Invite Everyone! Training Variables Impacting the Effectiveness of QPR Trainings. Poster presented to the 52nd annual meeting of the American Association of Suicidology, Denver, CO.

Roggenbaum, S., Petracco, H., Monahan, M. F., & Karver, M. S. (2016, April). Campus Connect: Evaluation of a Popular Gatekeeper Training Program. Paper presented at the 49th annual American Association of Suicidology Conference, Chicago, IL.

Roggenbaum, S., Petracco, H., Monahan, M. F., & Karver, M. S. (2016, March). Campus Connect Evaluation: A University Suicide Prevention Gatekeeper Training Program.  Presentation to the 49th annual meeting of the Florida Mental Health Institute’s System of Care for Children’s Mental Health: Expanding the Research Base, Tampa, FL.

Gleason, L. L., Bozzay, M., Chen, J. I., Romero, G. D., Gryglewicz, K., Elzy, M. B., Labouliere, C. D., Witmeier, M. N., Partlow, N., Brown, R., & Karver, M. S. (2014, April). Adolescent gatekeeper training: What predicts adult referral intentions among youth?  Poster presented at the American Association of Suicidology Conference, Los Angeles, CA.

Romero, G., Brown, R., Gryglewicz, K., Partlow, N., Gleason, L. L., Chen, J. I., Bozzay, M., Witmeier, M., Kutash, K., & Karver, M. S. (2014, April). Examining differences in suicide identification and referral behavior among gatekeepers from various service sectors in youth suicide prevention: Who is using their gatekeeper skills? Presented at the American Association of Suicidology Conference, Los Angeles, CA.

Brown, R., Labouliere, C., Chen, J., Joslin, A., Elzy, M., Gryglewicz, K., Kutash, K., & Karver, M. S. (2012, April). Gatekeeper training: Changing the focus from knowledge gain to behavior change. Poster presented at the University of South Florida Graduate Student Research Symposium, Tampa, FL.

Steding, L., Brown, R., Labouliere, C., Elzy, M., Gryglewicz, K., Kutash, K., & Karver, M. S. (2012, July). Analysis of referral intentions after gatekeeper training. Poster presented at the Annual Florida Psychological Association Convention.

Steding, L., Brown, R., Labouliere, C., Elzy, M., Gryglewicz, K., Kutash, K., & Karver, M. S. (2012, July). Analysis of referral intentions after gatekeeper training. Poster presented at the Annual Florida Psychological Association Convention.

Karver, M. S., Brown, R., Gryglywicz, K., Witmeier, M., Elzy, M., Dean, M., Labouliere, C., Jordan-Arthur, B., Chen, J., & Kutash, K. (2011, October). Florida's Suicide Prevention Plan: Does it work?. Invited workshop presented at the 2011 Florida Prevention Conference, Orlando, FL.

Brown R., Labouliere, C., Joslin, A. K., Elzy, M., Gryglewicz , K., Kutash, K., & Karver , M. S. (2011, April). Gatekeeper training: Changing the focus from knowledge gain to behavior change. Paper presented at the American Association of Suicidology Conference, Portland, OR.

Brown, R., Smith, B., Gryglewicz, K., Labouliere, C., Ojeda, D., Karver, M. S., Kutash, K. (2010, April). Training community gatekeepers to prevent youth suicide. Paper presented at the American Association of Suicidology Conference, Orlando, FL.

Totura, C. M. Wienke, Labouliere, C., Tarquini, S., Gunderson, S., Brown, R., Kutash, K, &  Karver. M. S. (2010, April). Why some succeed and others fail: The effects of organizational climate, training engagement, and perceived attitudes and intentions on the implementation and effectiveness of gatekeeper suicide prevention training. Paper presented at the American Association of Suicidology Conference, Orlando, FL.

Tarquini, S. J., Labouliere, C. D., Totura, C. M. Wienke, Kutash, K., & Karver, M. S. (2007, December). A SAMHSA initiative: The evaluation of a multiple component suicide prevention program. Poster presented at the SAMHSA/CMHS Youth Suicide Prevention Conference, Portland, OR.

Tarquini, S. J., Labouliere, C. D., Totura, C. M. Wienke, Kutash, K., & Karver, M. S. (2007, November). A SAMHSA initiative: The evaluation of a multiple component suicide prevention program. Poster presented at the Governor’s Office of Drug Control and the Statewide Office of Suicide Prevention’s 2007 Florida Suicide Prevention Conference, Tampa, FL.