Suicide Prevention Resources
American Association of Suicidology
The goal of the American Association of Suicidology (AAS) is to understand and prevent suicide. Founded in 1968 by Edwin S. Shneidman, Ph.D., AAS promotes research, public awareness programs, public education, and training for professionals and volunteers. In addition, AAS serves as a national clearinghouse for information on suicide.
American Foundation for Suicide Prevention
The American Foundation for Suicide Prevention is dedicated to advancing our knowledge of suicide and our ability to prevent it.
Best Practices Registry for Suicide Prevention
The Best Practices Registry (BPR) for Suicide Prevention was developed by the Suicide Prevention Resource Center and the American Foundation for Suicide Prevention. The BPR was created to identify, review, and disseminate information about best practices for suicide prevention. There are three section; evidence-based programs, expert and consensus statements, and adherence to standards.
Center for Disease Control - Suicide
CDC site that provides information, statistics, facts and resources that deal with suicide.
QPR for Suicide Prevention
The QPR offers resources, suicide prevention training, powerpoints, free downloads, educational and clinical materials and information, and assistance for everyone.
SAMHSA Announces New Suicide Hotline
The National Suicide Prevention Lifeline’s mission is to provide immediate assistance to individuals in suicidal crisis by connecting them to the nearest available suicide prevention and mental health service provider through a toll-free telephone number: 1-800-273-TALK (8255).
SAVE -Suicide Awareness Voices of Education
The mission of SAVE is to educate about suicide prevention and to speak for suicide survivors.
SOS: Depression Screening and Suicide Prevention
The main teaching tool of the SOS program is a video that teaches students how to identify symptoms of depression and suicidality in themselves or their friends and encourages help-seeking. The program's primary objectives are to educate teens that depression is a treatable illness and to equip them to respond to a potential suicide in a friend or family member using the SOS technique. SOS is an action-oriented approach instructing students how to ACT (Acknowledge, Care and Tell) in the face of this mental health emergency.
Stop A Suicide Today! Screening for Mental Health
Developed by Harvard psychiatrist Douglas Jacobs, MD, Stop a Suicide, Today! teaches you how to recognize the signs of suicide in family members, friends and co-workers, and empowers you to make a difference in the lives of your loved ones. It emphasizes the relationship between suicide and mental illness and the notion that a key step in reducing suicide is to get those in need into mental health treatment.
Suicidal Thoughts among Youths Aged 12 to 17 with Major Depressive Episode
The 2004 National Survey on Drug Use and Health (NSDUH) asked youths aged 12 to 17 about symptoms of depression, including thoughts about death or suicide.
Suicide - Frequently Asked Questions
This site contains frequently asked questions to help raise awareness and dispel some of the common myths about suicide.
Suicide Hotlines
This site provides suicide hotline phone numbers for all states and the cities within each state that have suicide hotlines. Numbers are also included for Canada, Puerto Rico, and some international locations.
Suicide Prevention Resource Center
The Suicide Prevention Resource Center (SPRC) supports suicide prevention with the best of science, skills and practice. The Center provides prevention support, training, and informational materials to strengthen suicide prevention networks and advance the National Strategy for Suicide Prevention.
The Center for Health and Health Care in Schools: Suicide & Suicide Prevention
Provides links to national associations and organizations related to suicide and suicide prevention.
The Columbia University TeenScreen Program
This website is a resource for school and mental health professionals and community leaders who want to begin a mental health and suicide risk screening effort in their own community and for individuals that want to learn more about the Columbia University TeenScreen® Program, universal screening, and related policy issues.
The Suicide Prevention Action Network
SPAN USA was founded in 1996 by Gerald and Elsie Weyrauch of Marietta, Georgia, survivors of the suicide of their 34-year-old physician daughter, Terri. Their goal was to create a way for survivors of suicide - those who have lost someone to suicide - to transform their grief into positive action to prevent future tragedies. SPAN USA is people in communities across the country: families who have lost a loved one to suicide; people who have attempted suicide or struggled with suicidal thoughts, and their families; professionals serving families and communities; community leaders; and concerned citizens.
The Trevor Project
The Trevor Project is determined to end suicide among LGBTQ youth by providing life-saving and life-affirming resources including our nationwide, 24/7 crisis intervention lifeline, digital community and advocacy/educational programs that create a safe, supportive and positive environment for everyone.
Yellow Ribbon Suicide Prevention Program
This comprehensive community-based suicide prevention program offers online help, FAQs, and measures to evaluate progress.
Youth Suicide Prevention: Mental Health and Public Health Perspectives
Download a free presentation and training aid in the form of a powerpoint presentation with accompanying script.
The organizations, Web sites and other resources listed here are not exhaustive, nor is their inclusion intended as an endorsement by the American School Counselor Association. Rather, these listings are intended to assist school counselors in their efforts to better address children's academic, career, and personal/social development needs.
The goal of the American Association of Suicidology (AAS) is to understand and prevent suicide. Founded in 1968 by Edwin S. Shneidman, Ph.D., AAS promotes research, public awareness programs, public education, and training for professionals and volunteers. In addition, AAS serves as a national clearinghouse for information on suicide.
American Foundation for Suicide Prevention
The American Foundation for Suicide Prevention is dedicated to advancing our knowledge of suicide and our ability to prevent it.
Best Practices Registry for Suicide Prevention
The Best Practices Registry (BPR) for Suicide Prevention was developed by the Suicide Prevention Resource Center and the American Foundation for Suicide Prevention. The BPR was created to identify, review, and disseminate information about best practices for suicide prevention. There are three section; evidence-based programs, expert and consensus statements, and adherence to standards.
Center for Disease Control - Suicide
CDC site that provides information, statistics, facts and resources that deal with suicide.
QPR for Suicide Prevention
The QPR offers resources, suicide prevention training, powerpoints, free downloads, educational and clinical materials and information, and assistance for everyone.
SAMHSA Announces New Suicide Hotline
The National Suicide Prevention Lifeline’s mission is to provide immediate assistance to individuals in suicidal crisis by connecting them to the nearest available suicide prevention and mental health service provider through a toll-free telephone number: 1-800-273-TALK (8255).
SAVE -Suicide Awareness Voices of Education
The mission of SAVE is to educate about suicide prevention and to speak for suicide survivors.
SOS: Depression Screening and Suicide Prevention
The main teaching tool of the SOS program is a video that teaches students how to identify symptoms of depression and suicidality in themselves or their friends and encourages help-seeking. The program's primary objectives are to educate teens that depression is a treatable illness and to equip them to respond to a potential suicide in a friend or family member using the SOS technique. SOS is an action-oriented approach instructing students how to ACT (Acknowledge, Care and Tell) in the face of this mental health emergency.
Stop A Suicide Today! Screening for Mental Health
Developed by Harvard psychiatrist Douglas Jacobs, MD, Stop a Suicide, Today! teaches you how to recognize the signs of suicide in family members, friends and co-workers, and empowers you to make a difference in the lives of your loved ones. It emphasizes the relationship between suicide and mental illness and the notion that a key step in reducing suicide is to get those in need into mental health treatment.
Suicidal Thoughts among Youths Aged 12 to 17 with Major Depressive Episode
The 2004 National Survey on Drug Use and Health (NSDUH) asked youths aged 12 to 17 about symptoms of depression, including thoughts about death or suicide.
Suicide - Frequently Asked Questions
This site contains frequently asked questions to help raise awareness and dispel some of the common myths about suicide.
Suicide Hotlines
This site provides suicide hotline phone numbers for all states and the cities within each state that have suicide hotlines. Numbers are also included for Canada, Puerto Rico, and some international locations.
Suicide Prevention Resource Center
The Suicide Prevention Resource Center (SPRC) supports suicide prevention with the best of science, skills and practice. The Center provides prevention support, training, and informational materials to strengthen suicide prevention networks and advance the National Strategy for Suicide Prevention.
The Center for Health and Health Care in Schools: Suicide & Suicide Prevention
Provides links to national associations and organizations related to suicide and suicide prevention.
The Columbia University TeenScreen Program
This website is a resource for school and mental health professionals and community leaders who want to begin a mental health and suicide risk screening effort in their own community and for individuals that want to learn more about the Columbia University TeenScreen® Program, universal screening, and related policy issues.
The Suicide Prevention Action Network
SPAN USA was founded in 1996 by Gerald and Elsie Weyrauch of Marietta, Georgia, survivors of the suicide of their 34-year-old physician daughter, Terri. Their goal was to create a way for survivors of suicide - those who have lost someone to suicide - to transform their grief into positive action to prevent future tragedies. SPAN USA is people in communities across the country: families who have lost a loved one to suicide; people who have attempted suicide or struggled with suicidal thoughts, and their families; professionals serving families and communities; community leaders; and concerned citizens.
The Trevor Project
The Trevor Project is determined to end suicide among LGBTQ youth by providing life-saving and life-affirming resources including our nationwide, 24/7 crisis intervention lifeline, digital community and advocacy/educational programs that create a safe, supportive and positive environment for everyone.
Yellow Ribbon Suicide Prevention Program
This comprehensive community-based suicide prevention program offers online help, FAQs, and measures to evaluate progress.
Youth Suicide Prevention: Mental Health and Public Health Perspectives
Download a free presentation and training aid in the form of a powerpoint presentation with accompanying script.
The organizations, Web sites and other resources listed here are not exhaustive, nor is their inclusion intended as an endorsement by the American School Counselor Association. Rather, these listings are intended to assist school counselors in their efforts to better address children's academic, career, and personal/social development needs.