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
Project 2025: AFSP
https.//www.project2025.afsp.org
Suicide Prevention Center of NYS
2020 Report on Suicide Prevention Activities https://omh.ny.gov/omhweb/statistics/2020-omh-suicide-prevention-report.pdf
NYS Suicide Prevention Task Force Report
Suicide Prevention Competencies for Faith Leaders
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
SPECIAL POPULATIONS
LGBTQ:
https://afsp.org/about-suicide/lgbtq-suicide-suicide-risk/
https://www.nami.org/Find-Support/LGBTQ
https://suicidology.org/resources/lgbtq/
https://www.sprc.org/populations/lgbt
https://www.thetrevorproject.org/
Older Adults:
https://www.sprc.org/populations/older-adults
https://www.mhanational.org/preventing-suicide-older-adults
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QcBzrY1WOfM
Police Officers:
https://www.sprc.org/resources-programs/suicide-prevention-police-officers
Veterans:
https://afsp.org/military-and-veteran-suicide-prevention
https://www.mentalhealth.va.gov/suicide_prevention/data.asp
Schools/Youth:
https://afsp.org/suicide-prevention-in-k-12-schools
https://www.preventsuicideny.org/resource-library/
https://www.aacap.org/AACAP/Families_and_Youth/Facts_for_Families/FFF-Guide/Teen-Suicide-010.aspx
INTEGRATING CULTURAL COMPETENCY INTO SUICIDE PREVENTION
Mental Health Bytes: Suicide Prevention for Young Latinas
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=frKRxzRNpJ4
Latinas Attempting Suicide: Findings from a Decade of Research
Hispanic Adolescent Females and Suicide Risk
Creating Linguistically and Culturally Competent Suicide Prevention Materials
American Indian and Alaskan Native Suicide Prevention