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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." [2]
In 2018, Hechtman made Stories of Strength and Hope: Preventing Youth Suicide. The documentary was inspired by his seeing the musical Dear Evan Hansen on Broadway in 2017 and a 2008 assembly at Woodland Middle School given by suicide/bullying prevention advocate John Halligan about his son, Ryan Halligan, who died by suicide in 2003. The film ...
The Trevor Project is an American nonprofit organization founded in 1998. Focused on suicide prevention efforts among lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, queer, and questioning youth, they offer a toll-free telephone number where confidential assistance is provided by trained counselors.
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In the United States, the Los Angeles Suicide Prevention Center was founded in 1958 and was the first in the country to provide a 24-hour suicide prevention crisis line and use community volunteers in providing hotline service. [15] Bernard Mayes started the San Francisco Suicide Prevention with a hotline named "Call Bruce" in 1962.
Sep. 17—AUSTIN — September 22 is Texas Veteran Suicide Prevention Day. The Texas Veterans Commission (TVC) wants to help inform veterans, their families, friends and communities of the risk ...
Isaacson, who also has a family history of Alzheimer’s, believes the answer is yes. He began the first US clinic devoted to Alzheimer’s prevention in New York City in 2013 before moving his ...
Suicide Prevention Help A portal for texts, hot-lines, and other websites designed for the person at risk and care-provider of suicidal crises. National Suicide Prevention Lifeline National (U.S) Suicide Prevention Hot-lines provides telephone numbers for access to crisis intervention counselors, and brief helping texts for people in crisis ...