215-686-4420
Contact Information:
Deborah Ferrell
Program Manager, Children's Unit
Department of Behavioral Health
1101 Market St., 7th floor
Philadelphia, PA 19107
Phone: 215-685-4757
County Suicide Prevention Task Force: none
Web site: none
County Suicide Prevention Resources:
Training for school, law enforcement and corrections personnel
Student education
Substance abuse prevention
There are more than a dozen agencies in the city that focus on children and youth, including school and community programs.
County Screening for Suicide Risk Activities:
Signs of Suicide (SOS) Program
Student Assistance Program (screening by mental health liaisons)
County Mental Health Resources
The city has numerous mental health resources, including inpatient psychiatric units, outpatient mental health services, and school-based mental health services. For information, contact Community Behavioral Health at 215-413-3100.
Support groups: Survivors of Suicide
Additional information about resources in Philadelphia are available:: American Foundation for Suicide Prevention, Philadelphia Chapter, 215-746-7256.
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.
