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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."
Cressida was the onetime girlfriend of Prince Harry. [8] Curzon and Bonas were divorced in 1994. [9] She married her fourth husband, financier Christopher Shaw, on 17 December 1996 at Hinton Ampner, Shaw's home in Hampshire. [10] They had no children and were divorced in 2000, Shaw died by suicide in 2014 following a diagnosis with kidney ...
Upon learning that in 1998 that there was no national suicide hotline linking the more than 800 community based suicide crisis hotlines, he founded the Kristin Brooks Hope Center and began linking those community crisis hotlines through 1-888-SUICIDE (784-2433). 1-888-SUICIDE and 1-800-SUICIDE (784-2433) were both part of the National Hopeline ...
Feb. 4—A group of local veterans and their families have launched a new nonprofit to bring awareness and support to families of suicide victims. The Stronger Together Foundation was founded in ...
Suicide rates among young people in the U.S. increased 67% from 2007 to 2021, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. In 2022, suicide rates for young people slightly decreased.
In a plan to reduce suicides by 20% from 2018 to 2025, a coalition of suicide prevention groups supported by the state Department of Mental Health said: “Firearm owners are not more suicidal ...
The American Association of Suicidology (AAS) is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization which advocates for suicide prevention. It was established in 1968 by Edwin S. Shneidman, who has been called "a pioneer in suicide prevention." [1] Its official journal is Suicide and Life-Threatening Behavior, published six times a year by Wiley-Blackwell.
The TAPS Suicide Prevention & Postvention program was created in 2017 to bring the TAPS Suicide Postvention Model to other outside organizations and providers around the world. The program's team has become a major contributing voice in the national conversation on suicide awareness, prevention, and the field of suicidology. [ 35 ]