According to the Centers for Disease Control, suicide rates are up 30% since 1999. Suicide prevention specialist Sarah Gaer is the co-chair of the Pioneer Valley Coalition for Suicide Prevention and works at the Riverside Trauma Center. Gaer recently held a workshop focused on suicide prevention and QPR Gatekeeper training. She joined Carolee McGrath to explain the QPR—which stands for question, persuade, and refer—method.  

This story originally aired on March 18, 2019.