Youth Suicide Prevention Publications

Suicide Prevention

• What every teacher should know about preventing youth suicide. (pdf)
  • Lo que todo maestro debe saber para prevenir el suicidio de jóvenes

• Recognizing Depression in Youth by Kirk D. Wolfe, M.D.

• Cómo pueden los padres
  OSERVAR ESCUCHAR AYUDAR. Donde hay ayuda, hay esperanza.
  Spanish translation of: "Youth Suicide Is Preventable. How Parents Can LOOK LISTEN HELP."
  Note: Print copies of this publication in English are available through the contact below

• Let's Talk About Depression (pdf)
  • Hablemos sobre la Depresion (pdf) - Spanish version of "Let's Talk About Depression"

• Questions and answers youth suicide prevention.

• Five Minutes Can Save a Life: A Three Step Intervention to use With Parents of Suicidal Adolescents
  

• Identifying and Preventing Youth's Suidicidal Behavior (pdf) February 13, 2001 CD Summary Article
  

• Role of Primary Care Physicians in Perventing Suicide; Guidelines for Physicians to Share with Parents
  

• Understanding and Helping the Suicidal Person
  

Media

• The Role of the Media in Preventing Suicide (pdf)

• Guide to Engaging the Media in Suicide Prevention (pdf)

• Reporting on Suicide: Recommendations for the Media (pdf)

• Reporting on Suicide: Recommendations for the Media (html)

Data and Analysis

• Oregon Youth Suicide Fact Sheet    English    español  (pdf)

• Oregon Healthy Teens Survey

• Oregon Violent Death Reports and Data
  

• Oregon Injury and Violence Prevention Reports and Data

• Oregon Vital Statistics Annual Reports

Contact:
Email:    donna.noonan@state.or.us

Phone:   971-673-1023

Postal Address:   800 N.E. Oregon St., Suite #772,  Portland, OR 97232

Disclaimer: This site is not intended as a crisis intervention or hot line support site. Local hot line phone numbers can be in found in the front of your local phone book, or you can contact a national support number at 1-800-273-TALK. Go to our phone number listing on this website for additional national crisis line options or go to Oregon County Crisis Lines.