Janet York, PhD, PMHCS-BC, FAAN is a child psychiatric nurse, family psychotherapist, and fellow in the American Academy of Nursing. She has had a 45 year career as nursing and interdisciplinary faculty, mental health provider, program director, and community-and clinical-based researcher. She is a retired Research Professor of Nursing (currently Affiliate Faculty) and Charleston VA Residency Director for psychiatric mental health nurse practitioners. She has served on numerous professional, academic and governmental committees, tasks forces and review panels related to youth mood disorders, suicide prevention and community programs.
As a suicidologist for over 30 years, her activities have included prevention research, clinical practice, policy activities, advocacy, and scholarship. She received (with her colleagues) the Norbert and Charlotte Rieger Service Award from the American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry for their University of Illinois at Chicago youth suicide prevention program, sponsored by Ronald McDonald’s Children Charities. She is a productive writer and has published manuscripts, chapters, and media productions. She is the coauthor of the Emergency Department Means Restriction Intervention {designated as an effective program in National Registry of Effective Prevention Programs (NREPP)}, the national competencies for Assessing an Managing Suicide Risk for inpatient nurses, and the VA e-learning Collaborative Assessing and Managing Suicide (CAMS).