Why Psychologists Are Essential to Suicide Prevention

Jane Pearson, PhD
Clinical Psychologist, Chair
Suicide Research Consortium,
National Institute of Mental Health

Jane Pearson, Ph.D., is a clinical psychologist and chairs the National Institute of Mental Health’s Suicide Research Consortium. She is the Associate Director for Preventive Interventions in the Division of Services and Intervention Research, and leads the staffing for the National Action Alliance for Suicide Prevention Research Prioritization Task Force.