Suicide is a serious, evolving, and complex public health issue that negatively impacts individuals, families, and communities across Utah, the nation, and the world. Suicide can have lasting and harmful effects on everyone touched in some way, and this is the topic of a research report just released from the Utah Women & Leadership Project. This episode explores some of the highlights of the report. Dr. Susan Madsen, Founding Director of the Utah Women & Leadership Project, is joined by the authors of the report. First, the lead author on the report, Dr. Kristy Hodson, who is a faculty member at Western Governors University in the College of Health Profession. Second, her co-authors, Dr. Chloe Bhowmick, a licensed clinical psychologist who works at The Partridge Group, and Cindy Jenkins, an Extension Assistant Professor at Utah State University. 

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