Educational Tools/Resources
- AAP's Policy Statement: Suicide and Suicide Attempts in Adolescents (2000)
The American Academy of Pediatrics recommendation for pediatricians regarding the identification and management of the adolescent at risk for suicide.
- AAS's Guidelines for School Based Suicide Prevention Programs (1999)
This document sets forth a set of general guidelines for school-based suicide prevention programs, including a sample curriculum outline.
- APA's Depression and Suicide in Older Adults Resource Guide
This resource guide includes an annotated bibliography of pertinent journal articles, books, and reports, with links to Web sites with information for older adults and their families.
- Workshops
A set of online workshops on suicide prevention. Titles include: Locating, Understanding & Presenting Youth Suicide Data; Planning & Evaluation for Youth Suicide Prevention; and Suicide Prevention: An Introduction to Gatekeeping.
- USPSTF's Screening for Depression (2002) The U.S. Preventive Services Task Force evidence-based recommendation regarding the efficacy of routine screening for depression in adults, children, and adolescents.
- USPSTF's Screening for Suicide Risk (2004)
The U.S. Preventive Services Task Force evidence-based recommendation regarding the efficacy of routine screening by primary care physicians to detect suicide risk.
National Hope Line Network:
1-800-SUICIDE (1-800-784-2433). (24-hour resource for individuals with thoughts about suicide or those calling on their behalf; callers are connected to the nearest certified crisis center.)
National Mental Health Information Center:
1-800-789-CMHS (1-800-789-2647) or 1-866-889-2647 (tdd). (M-F 8:30am to 5pm EST providing answers to mental health questions.). To locate mental health services and resources, access the center's Mental Health Services Locator at: http://www.mentalhealth.samhsa.gov/databases/
Reports/Publications
- Achieving the Promise: Transforming Mental Health Care in America. Final Report (2003)
This report presents the goals and recommendations of the President's New Freedom Commission on Mental Health for transforming America's mental health system.
- Air Force Suicide Prevention Program (2002)
This U.S. Air Force Medical Service report describes their suicide prevention program and highlights it as one of the nation's most effective prevention programs
- Depression in Children and Adolescents: A Fact Sheet for Physicians (2000)
This National Institute of Mental Health document gives the latest scientific findings on depression in children.
- Juvenile Suicides, 1981-1998 (2004)
This Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention bulletin examines CDC-compiled mortality statistics to reveal key facts about juvenile suicides.
- Mental Health: A Report of the Surgeon General (1999)
This report reviews research in mental health and illness, and discusses mental health and illness across the lifespan, mental health services, and privacy concerns.
- National Strategy for Suicide Prevention: Goals and Objectives for Action (2001)
This U.S. Department of Health and Human Services document articulates goals and objectives, providing a blueprint for the nation to take action to prevent suicide.
- Older Adults: Depression and Suicide Fact (2003)
This National Institute of Mental Health fact sheet offers an overview of statistics on depression and suicide in older adults, with treatment and prevention information.
- Reporting on Suicide: Recommendations for the Media (2001)
This American Foundation for Suicide Prevention report gives recommendations to the media on how to report on suicide and educate the public about suicide prevention.
- Suicide and Attempted Suicide (2004)
This CDC report describes youth suicide trends, suicide in Hispanics, school-associated suicides, and findings on suicide attempts and fighting in high school students.
- Suicide: Fact Sheet
This CDC fact sheet provides an overview of suicide. It includes links to featured data resources.
- Supplement to Suicide and Life-Threatening Behavior (2001)
This December 2001 supplement to the Suicide and Life Threatening Behavior journal reports on CDC research on suicide attempters, finding several non-traditional risk factors.
- Youth Suicide Prevention Programs: A Resource Guide (1992)
This CDC guide describes the rationale and evidence for the effectiveness of youth suicide prevention strategies and identifies model programs that incorporate them.
- Bullying Prevention is Crime Prevention (2003)
This report by Fight Crime: Invest in Kids discusses the link between bullying and crime/violence, and presents programs that have proven to reduce bullying.
- Exemplary and Promising Safe, Disciplined and Drug-Free Schools Programs 2001 (2002)
This U.S. Department of Education report provides a description and contact information for 9 exemplary and 33 promising programs selected by an expert panel.
- Final Report and Findings of the Safe School Initiative: Implications for Prevention of School Attacks in the United States (2002)
This U.S. Secret Service and U.S. Department of Education report details findings of a study of school shootings and other school-based attacks to identify information that may be noticed beforehand to prevent school-based attacks.
- Indicators of School Crime and Safety, 2003 (2003)
A joint effort by the Bureau of Justice Statistics and the National Center for Education Statistics, this report presents data on crime occurring in school and on the way to/from school from the perspectives of students, teachers, principals, and the general population.
Links to Other Resources
- American Association of Suicidology (AAS)
offers information about suicide prevention, research and treatment resources, and services for survivors of suicide, including a support group directory organized by state
- American Foundation for Suicide Prevention (AFSP)
offers suicide information and education resources, a support group directory organized by state, and links to resources on statistics, prevention and screening, clinical information, and measurement instruments
- MEDLINEplus: Suicide
provides information on suicide from the National Library of Medicine
- National Alliance for the Mentally Ill (NAMI)
provides a bilingual (English/Spanish) Web site offering information, support and advocacy for consumers, families, and friends of people with severe mental illnesses
- National Center for Suicide Prevention Training (NCSPT)
provides educational resources to support development of effective suicide prevention programs and policies
- National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH), U.S. Dept. HHS
offers publications and other educational resources on mental illness, help in locating mental health services, and information on clinical trials and scientific meetings
- National Mental Health Association (NMHA)
offers advocacy for and information on mental health issues, including fact sheets, referrals, books, pamphlets, and a confidential online depression screening test
- National Strategy for Suicide Prevention (NSSP), U.S. Dept. HHS
offers suicide prevention resources, including suicide facts, National Strategy for Suicide Prevention reports, state and federal activities, data collection systems, funding opportunities, and resources in Spanish
- Screening for Mental Health
provides coordination for nationwide mental health screening programs, including National Depression Screening Day and the SOS High School Suicide Prevention Program
- Suicide Prevention Action Network USA (SPANUSA)
offers news on current legislation and a legislative action center to support public policy advancements to prevent suicide
- Suicide Prevention Resource Center (SPRC)
offers technical assistance, training, and informational materials; provides a Library Catalog, a searchable database of publications, research, curricula, and Web-based resources aimed at promoting suicide prevention
- Yellow Ribbon International
offers suicide prevention information and resources for teens and parents, and a youth suicide prevention program for schools and communities