General Information for Survivors of Suicide (Support) Suicide Awareness Voices of Education (SAVE)—Coping With Loss: One of the nation's first organizations dedicated to the prevention of suicide and co-founding member of the National Council for Suicide Prevention; based on the belief that suicide should no longer be considered a hidden or taboo topic, and that through raising awareness and educating the public, we can SAVE lives. After a Suicide Attempt Suicide Prevention Action Network USA—Attempt Survivors
American Association of Suicidology: Special section dedicated to understanding the issues of survivors of suicide and incorporating these in suicide prevention efforts.
American Foundation for Suicide Prevention—Surviving Suicide Loss: Reaches out to survivors of suicide with two goals in mind: 1) to offer the support that is so vital, particularly to the newly bereaved; and 2) to provide opportunities for survivors to get involved, through a wide variety of educational, outreach, awareness, advocacy and fundraising programs.
Feeling Blue Suicide Prevention Council—After a Suicide: Dedicated to providing support to individuals who lost someone to suicide.
Suicide Prevention Action Network USA: Dedicated to preventing suicide through public education and awareness, community action and federal, state and local grassroots advocacy. Section devoted to survivor resources and support.
Survivors of Suicide: Support group based in California with links to other organizations.
Suicide and Mental Health Association International (SMHAI)—Survivors of Suicide: Strives to be the most comprehensive and informative survivor network available anywhere; allows survivors to have a voice in what goes on in the field of suicide and to help shape the organization.
Fact Sheet About Suicide Survivors from the American Association of Suicidology
National Suicide Prevention Lifeline—After an Attempt:
Suicide and Mental Health Association International (SAMHI)—Suicide Attempters
Coping After a Suicide Loss: Answers for Those Who Have Lost Someone to Suicide
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.
