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The Best Practices Registry of Suicide Prevention Resource Center is a registry of various suicide intervention programs maintained by the American Association of Suicide Prevention. The programs are divided, with those in Section I listing evidence-based programs: interventions which have been subjected to in depth review and for which ...
The Action Alliance works on the 2001 National Strategy for Suicide Prevention and is an outgrowth of the Suicide Prevention Resource Center. The Action Alliance initially focused on three high-risk populations: LGBT youth, American Indians/Alaska Natives, and military/veterans.
Suicide is the second leading cause of death for people in the United States from the ages of 9 to 56. [1] In the United States, for the year 2005, the suicide rate for both males and females age 25 and below was lower than the rate for ages 26 and up. [2] The death rate from suicide for teenagers peaked in 1980 for females and 1994 for males. [3]
The American Foundation for Suicide Prevention ( AFSP) is a voluntary health organization that advocates for research and education around suicide, based in New York City, with a public policy office based in Washington, D.C. [1] The organization's stated mission is to "save lives and bring hope to those affected by suicide." [2]
9. “Stay alive for the good times. Stay alive through the bad. Stay alive for the hopes and the fears and the dreams, the best that we ever had." — Andy Black. 10. “To write poetry and to ...
Suicide awareness is a proactive effort to raise awareness around suicidal behaviors. It is focused on reducing social stigmas and ambiguity by bringing attention to suicide statistically and sociologically, and by encouraging positive dialogue and engagement to prevent suicide. Suicide awareness is linked to suicide prevention as both address ...
Suicide Prevention Resource Center provides professional information and resources on suicide prevention. Prevention resources for parents, guardians, social workers, teachers, school staff, peers: Sibshops; Youth Mental Health First Aid; More can be found on U.S. Department of Health & Human Services website for Mental Health in Adolescent
Author: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention: Short title: Suicide Prevention Resource for Action; Date and time of digitizing: 03:33, 26 October 2022