LEARN MORE ABOUT SUICIDE PREVENTION

Education is our best weapon in the battle against suicide.

DATA

Suicide is the 10th leading cause of death in the US and is one of three leading causes of death that are on the rise. There are 800,000 deaths each year, 1700 of which are New Yorkers.

World Health Organization (WHO)
http://www.who.int/mental_health/prevention/suicide/suicideprevent/en/

National and state suicide rates
https://www.cdc.gov/media/releases/2018/p0607-suicide-prevention.html

American Foundation for Suicide Prevention (NY State)

https://afsp.org/suicide-statistics/

NYS GOV

https://nyshc.health.ny.gov/web/nyapd/suicides-in-new-york

Suicide Risk and Risk of Death Among Recent Veterans
https://www.publichealth.va.gov/epidemiology/studies/suicide-risk-death-risk-recent-veterans.asp

RESEARCH AND REPORTS

CENTER FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION- ADVERSE CHILDHOOD EVENTS (ACE STUDY)

https://www.cdc.gov/violenceprevention/acestudy/index.html

NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF MENTAL HEALTH (NIMH)

https://www.nimh.nih.gov/health/topics/suicide-prevention/index.shtml

ZERO SUICIDE

http://zerosuicide.sprc.org/

Project 2025: AFSP

https.//www.project2025.afsp.org

Suicide Prevention Center of NYS

www.preventsuicide.org

2020 Report on Suicide Prevention Activities https://omh.ny.gov/omhweb/statistics/2020-omh-suicide-prevention-report.pdf

NYS Suicide Prevention Task Force Report

https://www.governor.ny.gov/news/governor-cuomo-announces-release-first-suicide-prevention-task-force-report

Suicide Prevention Competencies for Faith Leaders

https://theactionalliance.org/faith-hope-life/resource/suicide-prevention-competencies-faith-leaders-supporting-life-during-and-after-suicidal

TRAINING

For more information on trainings please contact Samantha Colson at samantha.colson@namirochester.org

SCREENING AND ASSESSMENT

Columbia Protocol for Communities and Healthcare

cssrs.columbia.edu/the-columbia-scale-c-ssrs/about-the-scale/

SUICIDE MEANS REDUCTION

Reducing access to means of self harm for a person at risk of suicide is an important part to suicide prevention. Learn more:

https://www.sprc.org/comprehensive-approach/reduce-means

https://save.org/about-suicide/preventing-suicide/reducing-access-to-means/

https://www.sprc.org/resources-programs/calm-counseling-access-lethal-means/

MEDIA MESSAGING

Bethe1to https://www.bethe1to.com/

Suicide Prevention Center of New York State: Safe and Effective Messaging (General, Schools/Youth, Media, Other) https://www.preventsuicideny.org/safe-and-effective-messaging/

Talking About Suicide and LGBT Populations

https://www.preventsuicideny.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/07/talking-about-suicide-and-lgbt-populations-2nd-edition.pdf