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Suicide
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Awareness
Kit
RESOURCE SHEET
State and National Suicide
and Mental Health Resources
State Resources brings together service recipients, families, profession-
als, advocates and concerned citizens to address all
aspects of mental health and mental illness. They are
New York State suicide hotlines dedicated to ensuring that public mental health policy is
http://suicidehotlines.com/newyork.html just, fair and promotes equality and opportunity. Major
goals include promoting mental health, reducing the
Description: County by county listing of suicide hotlines
stigma associated with mental illnesses, preventing
in New York State.
mental disorders and mitigating their effects through
advocacy, public information, research and service.
Samaritans Suicide Prevention Center
518-689-4673 (Albany area) Mental Health Association of New York City
212-673-3000 (New York City) (MHANYC)
http://www.timesunion.com/communities/samaritans 212-254-0333
(Albany website) 800-LIFENET (crisis line)
http://www.samaritansnyc.org (New York City website) http://www.mhaofnyc.org/
Description: The Samaritans of New York is the local Description: The Mental Health Association of New
branch of the international humanitarian movement York City is a private, not-for-profit organization that
with over 400 branches in 32 countries. A non-religious, works to change attitudes about mental illnesses,
non-profit organization, Samaritans is devoted to help- improve services for children and adults with psychiatric
ing those people who are in crisis and feeling suicidal disabilities, and promote mental health in the communi-
through our volunteer-run programs that practice a com- ty through its direct service programs in New York City.
munications-based response called “befriending,”
which emphasizes listening to what a person in crisis is National Alliance for the Mentally Ill-
feeling and thinking without expressing personal judg- New York State (NAMI-NYS)
ments or opinions.
518-462-2000
Mental Health Association in New York State http://www.naminys.org
(MHANYS) Description: The purpose of the NAMI-New York State
518-434-0439 is to serve as an alliance of local mutual support, advo-
cacy, self-help groups and individual members at-large
http://mhanys.org dedicated to improving the quality of life for people
Description: The Mental Health Association in New with serious mental illness and to the eventual eradica-
York State, Inc. (MHANYS) is a voluntary not-for-profit tion of the severe effects of mental illnesses.
statewide association with 34 local affiliates located in
communities throughout New York State. MHANYS
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Education
Awareness
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Teen Screen-Columbia University Program • The launching of the Kristen Brooks Hope Center and
http://www.teenscreen.org its primary program, the National Hopeline Network,
1-800-SUICIDE. Former U.S. Surgeon General Dr.
Description: This website is a resource for school and David Sacher dedicated this national crisis hotline
mental health professionals and community leaders network in May 1999. In connects people who are
who want to begin a mental health and suicide risk depressed or suicidal-or those who are concerned
screening effort in their own community and for individ- about someone they love-automatically to a CON-
uals that want to learn more about the Columbia TACT USA or AAS certified certified crisis center.
University TeenScreen(r) Program, universal screening,
and related policy issues.
Girls & Boys Town National Hotline
Families Together in New York State 800-448-3000
518-432-0333 TTY line: 800-448-1833
888-326-8644 (information & referral line) http://www.girlsandboystown.org
Description: The Girls and Boys Town National Hotline
http://www.ftnys.org
is a 24-hour crisis, resource and referral line. Accredited
Description: Families Together in NYS, Inc. is a non-profit, by the American Association of Suicidology, our Hotline
parent-run organization that strives to establish a unified is staffed by trained counselors who can respond to
voice for children with emotional, behavioral, and social your questions every day of the week, 365 days a year.
challenges. Their mission is to ensure that every family Over the past decade, more than 5 million callers have
has access to needed information, support, and services. found help at the end of the line.
National Resources Covenant House NINELINE Hotline
National Suicide Hotlines 800-999-9999
http://suicidehotlines.com TTY line: 800-999-9915
Description: State by state listing of suicide hotlines http://www.covenanthouse.org/nineline/kid.html
Description: Covenant House is the largest privately-
National Hopeline Network-Kristen Brooks funded childcare agency in the United States providing
Hope Center (KBHC) shelter and service to homeless and runaway youth. It
was incorporated in New York City in 1972 and has
800-SUICIDE (800-784-2433)
since expanded in the United States to Anchorage,
http://hopeline.com Atlanta, Atlantic City, Detroit, Fort Lauderdale, Houston,
Description: Since the suicide of his wife Kristen in Los Angeles, Newark, New Orleans, Oakland, Orlando,
April 1998, KBHC founder Reese Butler has been on a Philadelphia, St. Louis, Washington D.C. and, outside
personal crusade. His mission the past 6 years has been the United States, to Toronto, Vancouver, Guatemala,
to offer HOPE and the option to LIVE to those in the Honduras, Mexico, and Nicaragua. The Covenant House
deepest emotional pain. This is being accomplished by: Nineline (800-999-9999) receives thousands of crisis
• The sharing of Kristen’s story in an effort to offer calls from youngsters all over the United States who
HOPE and the message that depression is treatable need immediate help and have nowhere else to turn.
and suicide is preventable
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American Association of Suicidology (AAS) Surgeon General’s Call to Action
202-237-2280 to Prevent Suicide
http://www.suicidology.org/index.cfm http://www.mentalhealth.org/suicideprevention/
calltoaction.asp
Description: The goal of the American Association of
Description: The Surgeon General’s Call To Action intro-
Suicidology (AAS) is to understand and prevent suicide.
duces a blueprint for addressing suicide-Awareness,
Founded in 1968 by Edwin S. Shneidman, Ph.D., AAS Intervention, and Methodology, or AIM-an approach
promotes research, public awareness programs, public derived from the collaborative deliberations of the con-
education, and training for professionals and volun- ference participants. As a framework for suicide preven-
teers. In addition, AAS serves as a national clearing- tion, AIM includes 15 key recommendations that were
house for information on suicide. refined from consensus and evidence-based findings.
Recognizing that mental and substance abuse disorders
Suicide Prevention Resource Center (SPRC) confer the greatest risk for suicidal behavior, these rec-
ommendations suggest an important approach to pre-
http://www.sprc.org
venting suicide and injuries from suicidal behavior by
877-GET-SPRC (438-7772) addressing the problems of undetected and under-treat-
TTY line: 617-964-5448 ed mental and substance abuse disorders in conjunction
with other public health approaches.
Description: The Suicide Prevention Resource Center
(SPRC) supports suicide prevention with the best of sci-
Air Force Suicide Prevention Program,
ence, skills and practice. The Center provides preven-
a Population-Based Community Approach
tion support, training, and informational materials to
strengthen suicide prevention networks and advance http://www.osophs.dhhs.gov/ophs/bestpractice/usaf.htm
the National Strategy for Suicide Prevention. Description: This population-based prevention program
enlisted involvement over several years by a broad
National Strategy for Suicide Prevention (NSSP) coalition of community agencies, both inside and out-
http://www.mentalhealth.org/suicideprevention/ side the health care sector, to significantly reduce sui-
default.asp cide among Air Force personnel.
Description: The National Strategy for Suicide
The American Foundation for Suicide Prevention
Prevention (NSSP) represents the combined work of
advocates, clinicians, researchers and survivors around http://www.afsp.org
the nation. It lays out a framework for action to prevent Description: The American Foundation for Suicide
suicide and guides development of an array of services Prevention is dedicated to advancing knowledge of sui-
and programs that must be developed. It is designed to cide and the ability to prevent it. The Foundation’s activ-
be a catalyst for social change with the power to trans- ities include:
form attitudes, policies, and services. The NSSP Goals • Supporting research projects that help further the
and Objectives for Action was published by the U.S. understanding and treatment of depression and the
Department of Health and Human Services in May of prevention of suicide
2001, with leadership from the Surgeon General. • Providing information and education about depres-
sion and suicide
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• Promoting professional education for the recognition Teen Suicide Fact Sheet
and treatment of depressed and suicidal individuals
American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry
• Publicizing the magnitude of the problems of depres-
(AACAP)
sion and suicide and the need for research, preven-
tion and treatment http://www.aacap.org/publications/factsfam/suicide.htm
• Supporting programs for suicide survivor treatment, Description: The AACAP developed Facts for Families to
research and education. provide concise and up-to-date information on issues
that affect children, teenagers, and their families. The
The Suicide Prevention Action Network USA AACAP provides this important information as a public
(SPAN-USA) service and the Facts for Families may be duplicated
and distributed free of charge as long as the American
http://www.spanusa.org
Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry is properly
Description: a non-profit national organization that links credited and no profit is gained from their use.
the energy of those bereaved or touched by suicide with
the expertise of leaders in science, health, business,
Youth Suicide Prevention Programs:
government, and public service to achieve the goal of
A Resource Guide
significantly reducing the national rate of suicide by the
year 2010. U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Public
Health Services, Center for Disease Control, National
Suicidal Awareness Voices of Education (SAVE) Center for Injury Prevention and Control
http://www.save.org http://aepo-xdv-www.epo.cdc.gov/wonder/prevguid/
p0000024/p0000024.asp
Description: The mission of SAVE is to educate about
Description: Given the continued high rates of suicide
suicide prevention, eliminate stigma and support those
among adolescents and young adults (15-24 years of
touched by suicide. SAVE was started in 1989 when six
age), it is more urgent than ever that our limited
suicide survivors (people who have experienced the loss
resources for prevention is applied in the most effective
of a loved one to suicide) met and agreed on the need
manner possible. This resource guide was developed to
for an organization. The organization is comprised most-
describe the rationale and evidence for the effective-
ly of suicide survivors, and people that have suffered
ness of various youth suicide prevention strategies and
from depression. SAVE is committed to the education of
to identify model programs that incorporate these dif-
the general public about the depressive brain diseases
ferent strategies. The guide is for use by persons who
(such as clinical depression and bipolar illness) that can
are interested in developing or augmenting suicide pre-
result in suicide if left untreated medically and psycho-
vention programs in their own communities.
logically. By educating the general public about such
brain diseases, SAVE strives to remove the stigma asso-
ciated with these diseases.
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Youth Suicide Prevention Education Programs National Mental Health Association (NMHA)
http://yspep.org http://www.nmha.org
Description: Youth Suicide Prevention Education Description: The National Mental Health Association is
Program seeks to prevent suicide among adolescents the country’s oldest and largest nonprofit organization
and young adults by providing information and addressing all aspects of mental health and mental ill-
resources to youth, parents and the community. ness. With more than 340 affiliates nationwide, NMHA
works to improve the mental health of all Americans,
ANSWER (Adolescents Never Suicide especially the 54 million people with mental disorders,
When Everyone Responds) through advocacy, education, research and service.
http://www.teenanswer.org
National Alliance for the Mentally Ill (NAMI)
Description: The ANSWER Network began as a grassroots
movement in Johnson County, Kansas in response to the http://www.nami.org
impact suicide was making in the community. The goal of Description: NAMI is dedicated to the eradication of
this program is to educate everyone about the risks of mental illnesses and to the improvement of the quality
teenage suicide and to provide resources for help in an of life of all whose lives are affected by these diseases.
effort to reach our mission of eliminating teen suicide. NAMI is a nonprofit, grassroots, self-help, support and
advocacy organization of consumers, families, and
President’s New Freedom Commission friends of people with severe mental illnesses, such as
on Mental Health schizophrenia, schizoaffective disorder, bipolar disorder,
major depressive disorder, obsessive-compulsive disor-
http://www.mentalhealthcommission.gov der, panic and other severe anxiety disorders, autism
Description: President George W. Bush established the and pervasive developmental disorders, attention
President’s New Freedom Commission on Mental Health deficit/hyperactivity disorder, and other severe and per-
in April 2002 as part of his commitment to eliminate sistent mental illnesses that affect the brain.
inequality for Americans with disabilities. The President
directed the Commission to identify policies that could
be implemented by Federal, State and local govern-
ments to maximize the utility of existing resources,
improve coordination of treatments and services, and
promote successful community integration for adults
with a serious mental illness and children with a seri-
ous emotional disturbance.
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