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SUICIDE RESOURCE LINKS

Prevention Links

American Association of Suicidology: www.suicidology.org

National Strategy for Suicide Prevention: www.mentalhealth.org/suicideprevention

National Center for Suicide Prevention Training: www.ncspt.org

The National Center for Suicide Prevention Training (NCSPT) provides educational resources to help public officials, service providers, and community-based coalitions develop effective suicide prevention programs and policies. The site also has a resource database composed of suicide prevention articles and information.

Violence and Injury Prevention Program: www.fmhi.usf.edu/amh/homicide-suicide

International Association for Suicide Prevention: www.med.uio.no/iasp

Canadian Association for Suicide Prevention: www.suicideprevention.ca

American Foundation for Suicide Prevention: www.afsp.org/index-1.htm

Washington State Youth Suicide Prevention Program: http://depts.washington.edu/ysp

SA/VE (Suicide Awareness / Voices of Education: www.save.org

Light for Life Foundation - Yellow Ribbon Program: www.yellowribbon.org

Teen Suicide

Teen Education and Crisis Hotline: www.teachhotline.org

NotMyKid: www.notmykid.org

Washington State Youth Suicide Prevention: http://weber.u.washington.edu/~ysp

Kids Help Phone Site: http://kidshelp.sympatico.ca/index.html

Surviving Suicide

HEARTBEAT Grief Support Following Suicide: www.heartbeatsurvivorsaftersuicide.org

Support for those who have lost a loved one through suicide. HEARTBEAT is a peer support group offering empathy, encouragement and direction following the suicide of a loved one.

Friends and Families of Suicides: www.friendsandfamiliesofsuicide.com

Remembering friends and family of those who lost their lives to suicide.

Parents of Suicides www.parentsofsuicide.com

Support for Parents who have lost sons or daughters to suicide.

Suicide Discussion Board www.suicidology.org/www.suicidediscussionboard.com

The FFOS and POS Suicide Discussion Board is offered as a place to exchange information and theories relating to suicide. Board monitors are not counselors or professionals, but people walking the path to healing after their own personal losses.

1000 Deaths www.1000deaths.com

This site is run by survivors for survivors. Offers memorials for loved ones lost to suicide and E-mail support groups for survivors (in four languages). Maintains an extensive movie listings guide, each rated on the basis of suicidal themes and content, as well as other news and events of importance to survivors.

Loving Outreach: www.lovingoutreach.org

Web site for a support group in Ontario. The site contains information helpful to survivors.

Lifekeeper Foundation: www.lifekeeper.org

Resources for Clinicians Who Have Lost a Patient to Suicide www.iusb.edu/~jmcintos/basicinfo.htm