2. SUICIDOLOGYISTHE SCIENTIFICSTUDYOF SUICIDEAND THE PREVENTION
OF SUICIDE.APPROXIMATELY40,000 PEOPLE DIE FROM SUICIDE INTHE UNITED
STATED EVERYYEAR.THESENUMBERS INCREASE EVERYYEAR WITHTHE INCREASED
STRESSLEVELS, FINANCIALDEFICITS,MENTALILLNESS,AND SOCIALFORCES.
ACCORDINGTOTHE NATIONALINSTITUTEOF MENTALHEALTHTHE MAIN CAUSES OF
SUICIDEARE DEPRESSION,OTHER MENTALDISORDERS,OR SUBSTANCEABUSE
DISORDER,APRIOR SUICIDEATTEMPT,FAMILYHISTORYOFAMENTALDISORDER OR
SUBSTANCEABUSE, FAMILYHISTORYOF SUICIDE, FAMILYVIOLENCE,INCLUDING
PHYSICALOR SEXUALABUSE, HAVING GUNS OR OTHER FIREARMSINTHE HOME,
INCARCERATION,BEING IN PRISON OR JAIL, OR BEING EXPOSEDTO OTHERS'SUICIDAL
BEHAVIOR,SUCHASTHATOF FAMILYMEMBERS, PEERS, OR MEDIAFIGURES.
Reference
National Institute of Mental Health retrieved from:http://www.nimh.nih.gov/health/publications/suicide-in-
america/index.shtml
3. Ronald W. Maris, Ph.D.
◦ Studies suicide and suicidal behavior
◦ Work focuses on education, treatment,
publication and consulting in forensic
suicidology
Edmond Yomtoob, Psy.D
◦ Works on suicide prevention
◦ Loss and survivors of suicide
◦ Preventing suicide
◦ Research
Both experts work to understand the cause, behaviors leading to, and
psychological mindset of the suicidal person. They work through education to
prevent suicide by providing information to the public.
4. Ronald W. Maris, Ph.D.
◦ Specialties: Suicide Death Investigation; Suicide Risk Assessment & Suicide Prediction; Past-President American Association of
Suicidology, Past Editor-in-Chief of Suicide Journal; Fellow in American Academy of Forensic Sciences (Psychiatry); Board certified
Forensic Examiner Assoc. Psychiatry Professor - Johns Hopkins School of Medicine; 5 post-doctoral fellowships in psychiatry; FDA
Committee Consultant on psychiatric drugs.
◦ Degrees/Licenses: PhD, Fellow - ACFE, Fellow - AAFS, Board Certified Suicidologist-AAS.
◦
Suicide Expert retrieved from: http://www.suicideexpert.com/education.htm Reference
◦ The Internet Online Directory of Expert Witnesses Retrieved from:http://www.national-
experts.com/members2/witness.asp?d_memnum=09769&d_lnum=1
“Dr. Maris was originally trained as a behavioral scientist. His Ph.D.is in social-psychology / sociology from the University of Illinois.
Dr. Maris was also an NIMH post-doctoral fellow in psychiatry/suicidology at the Johns Hopkins School of Medicine. While at Johns
Hopkins, Dr. Maris did both psychotherapy with suicidal patients and basic suicide research, as a member of in-patient treatment
teams, in the outpatient clinics and the ER. Maris also had clinical training at the Los Angeles Suicide Prevention Center (1968-69),
and was a World Health Organization Fellow in psychiatry in West Berlin. Dr. Maris has been a Full Professor and Chair of Sociology
(1973-84), Professor of Family Medicine, and Professor of Psychiatry at the University of South Carolina. From 1980-81, Dr. Maris was
the national President of the American Association of Suicidology. From 1981 to 1996, Maris was the Editor-in-Chief of the scientific
journal, Suicide and Life-threatening Behavior. From 1985-2001, Dr. Maris founded and directed the University of South Carolina
Center for the Study of Suicide. Maris's current work focuses on education, treatment, publication and consulting in forensic
suicidology. He continues to teach part-time in Psychiatry and Family Medicine at the University of South Carolina Medical
School, as well as teach some undergraduate honors suicide and psychiatry courses.”
◦ Reference
Suicide Expert: Education, Training, and Experience Ronald W. Maris, Ph.D.
Suicide Expert retrieved from: http://www.suicideexpert.com/education.htm
5. Edmond Yomtoob, Psy.D, (PSYCHOLOGIST)
◦ “Edmond Yomtoob, Psy.D, earned his Doctorate in Clinical Psychology at the Chicago
School of Professional Psychology in 2000. Yomtoob has served as President of AFSP’s
Illinois Chapter and has run a survivor of suicide loss group for several years. He is a
member of the AFSP’s National Survivor Council and support group training corps. He is
currently working on creating an online survivors of suicide loss chat room for the LGBT
Community.”
◦ Reference
◦ American Foundation for Suicide Prevention: Ask the Experts retrieved
from:http://www.afsp.org/understanding-suicide/ask-the-experts#2013experts
6. REFERENCE SLIDE
AMERICANFOUNDATION FOR SUICIDEPREVENTION:ASKTHE EXPERTS RETRIEVED
FROM:HTTP://WWW.AFSP.ORG/UNDERSTANDING-SUICIDE/ASK-THE-EXPERTS#2013EXPERTS
SUICIDEEXPERT: EDUCATION,TRAINING,AND EXPERIENCERONALD W. MARIS,PH.D.
SUICIDEEXPERT RETRIEVEDFROM:HTTP://WWW.SUICIDEEXPERT.COM/EDUCATION.HTM
THE INTERNETONLINE DIRECTORYOF EXPERT WITNESSES RETRIEVED
FROM:HTTP://WWW.NATIONAL-
EXPERTS.COM/MEMBERS2/WITNESS.ASP?D_MEMNUM=09769&D_LNUM=1
