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Local Health Care Professionals On Suicide Prevention Awareness

“Connect to Hope” banner for Suicide Prevention Awareness Month.
CDC

This month, health care professionals here in the Chattanooga area are talking about a leading cause of death across the country.

September is National Suicide Prevention Awareness Month.

A series of events for local health care professionals begins Wednesday - organized by the Medical Foundation of Chattanooga, the University of Tennessee Health Science Center College of Medicine, LifeBridge and the Chattanooga-Hamilton County Medical Society.

Dr. Mukta Panda is a professor of medicine - and assistant dean for student education and wellbeing - at the UT Health Science Center’s College of Medicine.

Lucy White is academic and behavioral health counselor there.

Dr. Chris Cunningham is Guerry Professor and UC Foundation Professor of Psychology on our campus, the University of Tennessee at Chattanooga.

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  • Why do some small and mid-size farmers choose to stick with their business and care for their land? Brooks Lamb is the author of “Love for the Land: Lessons from Farmers Who Persist in Place.” On Thursday, he comes to The Book & Cover here in Chattanooga.