WWW Resources

• National & State Suicide Prevention Plans
  • State Prevention Plan Strategies #1- #15
      #1:  Public Education Campaigns
      #2:  Reduce Access to Lethal Means
      #3:  Educate Youth and Young Adults About Suicide Prevention
      #4:  Reduce Harassment in Schools and Communities
      #5:  Media Education
      #6:  Education for Professionals
      #7:  Gatekeeper Training (Suicide Intervention)/Community Ed.
      #8:  Implement Screening & Referral
      #9:  Increase Effectiveness of Crisis Hotlines
      #10: Enhance Crisis Services
      #11: Establish and Maintain Crisis Response Teams (Schools)
      #12: Improve Access to Behavioral Health Care
      #13: Skill Building Support Groups for Youth
      #14: Support Suicide Survivors
      #15: Follow-up for Suicide Attempters

• Data Sources, Evaluation, & Research
• Diverse Populations Websites
• Other Useful Websites

• The Oregon Plan for Youth Suicide Prevention: A Call to Action

• National Strategy for Suicide Prevention

• State Plans for Suicide Prevention Website

• "Suicide Shouldn't Be A Secret" Campaign Kits These kits seek to raise awareness among teens about their role in youth suicide prevention. Contact the Oregon Office of Mental Health & Addiction Services Resource Center at 1-800-822-6772 in Salem or the American Foundation for Suicide Prevention. The kit includes the TV PSAs on video and CD, posters and a resource guide.

• "Lo que todo maestro debe saber para el suicidio de jovenes" (Espanol)
  "What Every Teacher Should Know about Preventing Youth Suicide"
  • (pdf) Brochure (Espanol) Download this "print-ready" PDF or call: 503-731-4978 for copies.

• Ceasefire Oregon - (Oregon Family Gun-Safety Month)

• The Help Network (Handgun Epidemic Lowering Plan)

• Safe Storage of Firearms (Join Together)

• Five Minutes Can Save A Life (Handout)

• ASK Campaign (Asking Saves Kids)

• Doctors Against Handgun Injury: Brochure for Parents (pdf)

• Gun Violence Action Kit (pdf)

• mindyourmind.ca is an award winning site for youth by youth.

• Youth Suicide Prevention School-Based Guide

• Guidelines for School-Based Suicide Prevention Programs (pdf) (AAS)

• RESPONSE is a comprehensive high school-based program that increases awareness about suicide among high school staff, students and parents. All of the program components are designed to heighten sensitivity to depression and suicidal ideation, as well as offer response procedures to refer a student at risk for suicide.

• Oregon SAFE: TEEN Project (Comprehensive School-Based Suicide Prevention).

• SOS High School Suicide Prevention Program (Screening for Mental Health)

• Washington State Youth Suicide Prevention Program Toolkit. Contact Sue Eastgard: 206.297.5922; yspp@mindspring.com

• Yellow Ribbon Campaign

• School Interventions to Prevent Youth Suicide (pdf)

• Download Site for Youth Depression Treatment and Prevention Programs

• Oregon House Bill 3403 (71st Oregon Legislative Session, 2001)
  Mandates School Districts to Adopt Policies Against Harassment, Intimidation, Bullying

• University of Oregon Institute on Violence and Destructive Behavior

• Oregon Safe School and Communities Coalition (OSSCC) - Reducing Harassment Against GLBT Youth

• American Foundation for Suicide Prevention (Recommendations for the Media)

• Recognizing Depression in Youth (A Booklet by Oregon Psychiatrist, Kirk Wolfe, MD)

• Question, Persuade, Refer (QPR Institute; Suicide Prevention Training Programs)

• Applied Suicide Intervention Skills Training (Oregon ASIST Project Website)

• Center for Mental Health in Schools (Quick Training Aid) - Search for "Suicide Prevention"

• Applied Suicide Intervention Skills Training Project (Oregon ASIST Project Website). Contact: Gary McConahay, PhD., Oregon Regional Behavioral Services

• LivingWorks Education (More About ASIST)

• Question, Persuade, Refer (QPR Institute)

• DHS Youth Suicide Prevention Program Website (ASIST & QPR Trainers in Oregon)

• American Foundation for Suicide Prevention, Northwest Chapter (Suicide Prev. Ed. Team)

• Project CARE (Counselors-CARE). Contact: Brooke Randell, C-CARE Program Director, Univ. of Washington
  206-543-4418
  
• Columbia TeenScreen Program (National Website)
  • Columbia Teen Screen (Clackamas County, OR)
    Contact: Jan Miller, Teen Screen Proj. Coordinator
    503-722-6912
  • Columbia Teen Screen (Yamhill County, OR)
    Contact: Kathleen Horgan, Lutheran Community Services
    503-472-4020
• Screening/Assessing Students: Indicators and Tools (pdf)
  

• American Association of Suicidiology
  Contact: about AAS Certification for Crisis Workers/Centers

• Contact: http://www.suicidology.org/index.cfm about AAS Certification for Crisis Workers/Centers

• Oregon Department of Education

• Responding to Crisis at a school (pdf)

• Oregon Health Plan

• Office of Mental Health & Addiction Services

• Oregon School-Based Health Centers

• Affect and Mood Problems Related to School Aged Youth

• Reconnecting Youth

• Project CAST (Coping and Support Training)
  Contact: Dr. Leona Eggert, PhD., Univ of Washington. 425.861.1177

• Adolescent Coping with Depression Course

• Download Site for Youth Depression Treatment and Prevention Programs

• American Foundation for Suicide Prevention (AFSP) (National Survivors of Suicide Day Teleconference, Surviving a Suicide Loss: A Resoure and Healing Guide, and Survivor e-Network)

• Survivors of Suicide Support Group Guidelines
  Contact: Amer. Assoc. of Suicidology, Washington D.C., 202.237.2280

• Suicide Bereavement Support (Oregon)

• The Compassionate Friends

• Care and Support Pack for Families and Friends Bereaved by Suicide (pdf)

• Suicide Prevention Advocacy Network (SPAN - Suicide Prevention Advocacy for Survivors)

• The Dougy Center (Portland, OR)- Healing for Grief for Children, Youth, and Families.

• Hope and Healing: A Practical Guide for Survivors of Suicide (pdf)

• American Association of Suicidology

• "Emergency Room Staff Training for Adolescent Suicide Attempters" (Manual)

• "Suicide and Suicide Attempts in Adolescents" (Journal Article)
  
  
• "Pathways of Care for Young People Who Self-Harm or Attempt Suicide" (Report)

• Oregon Dept. of Human Services, Center for Health Statistics - (Vital Stats, Survey Data, County Data Book, Reports)

• National Center for Health Statistics (Suicide Fast Stats)

• United States Suicide Statistics (AAS Website)

• Fact Sheet on Suicide (pdf): Adolescents and Young Adults (National Data)

• Suicide Prevention: Prevention Effectiveness and Evaluation (pdf)

• Resources for Researchers and Program Evaluators

• Identifying and Preventing Youth's Suicidal Behavior (pdf) (CD Summary, Vol. 50, No. 4)

• Youth Suicide Reports (pdf - Oregon Health Trends Newsletter)

• National Center for Injury Prevention and Control (Fact Sheets, Injury Maps, Data)

• Suicide Prevention Research Center

• World Health Organization Suicide Data and Prevention Resources

• National Institute of Mental Health Research and Funding

• National Institute of Mental Health Suicide Facts and Resources

• The Public Health Approach to Evaluation

• University of Kansas Community Programs Evaluation

• Spanish Language Resources About Suicide on the Internet (Espanol)

• Healing of Nations (Suicide Prevention & Intervention Among Native American Youth)

• Indian Health Service

• National Organization for People of Color Against Suicide

• GLBT Youth Suicide

• Suicide Information and Education Centre

• National Hopeline Network (1-800-SUICIDE)

• Suicide Awareness-Voices of Education (SAVE)
  
  
• Oregon Commission on Children and Families

• National Center for Suicide Prevention Training

• Center for Mental Health in Schools

• Evangelical Lutheran Church in America. A Message on Suicide Prevention

• National Institute Mental Health Frequently Asked Questions about Suicide