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Paul Quinnett, PhD.
Paul Quinnett is a clinical psychologist and the President
and CEO of the QPR Institute, an educational organization
dedicated to preventing suicide. In addition to a private
consulting practice to law enforcement agencies for 25
years, he served as the Director of Adult and Elderly
Services at Spokane Mental Health for three decades. Author
of seven books and an award-winning journalist, he is
also Clinical Assistant Professor in the Department of
Psychiatry and Behavioral Science at the University of
Washington School of Medicine in Seattle, Washington.
He and his faculty have researched, tested and published
a series of award-winning professional training programs
in the detection, assessment, and management of suicidal
persons at all levels of care across the age span. These
community and institutional programs are delivered both
in classroom settings and via distance learning methodologies,
and are being adopted internationally.
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John M. Violanti, Ph.D.
Dr. Violanti is an Associate Professor at the Rochester
Institute of Technology (RIT) in Rochester, New York. He
instructs within the Criminal Justice program at RIT. He
is also an Associate Clinical Professor at the State University
of New York at Buffalo, School of Medicine, Department of
Social and Preventative Medicine. Professor Violanti is
a retired 23 year veteran of the New York State Police,
serving both as a trooper and within the Bureau of Criminal
Investigation. Dr. Violanti has written / edited several
books and journal articles on such topics as law enforcement
psychological trauma, police suicide, and general law enforcement
psychological stress. Dr. Violanti has been a requested
speaker and has presented at the national and international
level on the topics of law enforcement stress and police
suicide. Dr. Violanti continues to be a leader in clinical
research and studies involving both the physical and psychological
health of law enforcement personnel. Dr. Violanti has been
an invited guest lecturer at the FBI Academy in Quantico,
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