570-348-6100 or 570-282-1732
Contact Information:
James Martin
Deputy Administrator
Lackawanna-Susquehanna County Mental Health/Mental Retardation Program
135 Jefferson Ave.
Scranton, PA 18503
Phone: 570-346-5741
and
Kathy Wallace
Director, Advocacy and Community Mental Health Services
Advocacy Alliance
846 Jefferson Ave.
Scranton, PA 18510
Phone: 570-207-9199
County Suicide Prevention Task Force:
James Martin
Deputy Administrator
135 Jefferson Ave.
Scranton, PA 18503
Phone: 570-346-5741
Functions as Garrett Lee Smith Youth Suicide Prevention Grant planning committee
Web site: none
County Suicide Prevention Resources:
Training for school and law enforcement personnel
Parent education
Student education
Signs of Suicide (SOS) Program
Substance abuse prevention
Gatekeeper training program
Additional suicide prevention efforts: Annual Out of the Darkness Suicide Prevention Walk; After a Suicide Attempt Guide for Individuals Leaving an Emergency Room; Guide for Family Members Who Have a Loved One Attempt Suicide; Lifeline cards; suicide prevention information at all local schools and health fairs; school mental health education curriculum framework, Moms for Mental Health, WARM LINE, Media Outreach
County Screening for Suicide Risk Activities
Signs of Suicide (SOS) Program
Student Assistance Program (screening by mental health liaisons)
County Mental Health Resources:
*Inpatient psychiatric unit: Community Medical Center, Marian Community Hospital
*Outpatient mental health services for youth at risk for suicide: Scranton Counseling Center, Northwest Human Services
*School-based mental health services: Northwest Human Services, Lourdesmont
*Support groups: The Advocacy Alliance, 1-877-315-6855; NAMI, 570-207-0152
*Mental health advocacy
*Family peer advocacy
The Pennsylvania Suicide Prevention Initiative is a Public/Private Ongoing Collaborative including: Survivors of Suicide, Statewide & Regional Representatives from Departments of Public Welfare, Health, Education, and Aging, Juvenile Court Judges’ Commission, County MH/MR Administrators Association and several county programs, County CASSP Coordinators, American Trauma Society, The STAR Center, PA Child Death Review Team, PA Protection and Advocacy, PA Psychiatric Society, PA Association of School Social Workers, NAMI of PA, Mental Health Association of Southeastern Pennsylvania, Mental Health Association of PA, PIN of PA, PA Del Val NAPNAP, a County Medical Examiner, a City Health Bureau, a State University, a Behavioral Health MCO, Common Roads, Juvenile Detention Center Association of PA, Pennsylvania Community Providers Association, Pennsylvania Council on Children, Youth, and Family Services, Providers and Student Assistance Program Trainers, School Districts, Yellow Ribbon Chapters, Feeling Blue Suicide Prevention Council, multiple county task forces and other grassroots organizations.
