If You Are Thinking About Suicide: The National Suicide Prevention Lifeline is a 24-hour, toll-free suicide prevention service available to anyone in suicidal crisis. If you need help, please dial 1-800-273-TALK (8255). You will be routed to the closest possible crisis center in your area. With more than 130 crisis centers across the country, our mission is to provide immediate assistance to anyone seeking mental health services. Call for yourself, or someone you care about. Your call is free and confidential.
 

How to Help a Friend Who is Suicidal:

Suicide Awareness Voices of Education (SAVE): Mission to prevent suicide through public awareness and education, reduce stigma and serve as a resource to those touched by suicide. 


General Information

American Association of Suicidology: A membership organization for all those involved in suicide prevention and intervention, or touched by suicide; a leader in the advancement of scientific and programmatic efforts in suicide prevention through research, education and training, the development of standards and resources, and survivor support services.

American Foundation for Suicide Prevention: Engages in groundbreaking research, new educational campaigns, innovative demonstration programs and critical policy work; expanding assistance to people whose lives have been affected by suicide, reaching out to offer support and offering opportunities to become involved in prevention.

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC): Promotes health and quality of life by preventing and controlling disease, injury, and disability. Federal agency of the Department of Health and Human Services. Includes information about suicide prevention. 

Feeling Blue Suicide Prevention Council: A community-based organization dedicated to preventing suicide, reducing the stigma associated with suicide, and supporting those people affected by depression or by the loss of a loved one to suicide.

Half of Us: Initiating a public dialogue to raise awareness about the prevalence of mental health issues on campus and connect students to the appropriate resources to get help. Suicide is among the specific topics addressed.

Healthy Minds Study: A study of mental health among college students; based at the University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI.

The Jed Foundation: The nation’s leading organization working to prevent suicide and promote mental health among college students; guided by an expert board of mental health professionals in efforts to identify the underlying causes of suicide and produce effective prevention, awareness and intervention programs.

Mental Health America: http://www.mentalhealthamerica.net/go/suicide: Leading nonprofit dedicated to helping ALL people live mentally healthier lives. More than 320 affiliates nationwide.

Suicide Prevention Resource Center: Provides prevention support, training, and resources to assist organizations and individuals to develop suicide prevention programs, interventions and policies, and to advance the National Strategy for Suicide Prevention.


Social Networking Resources
sponsored by the Suicide Prevention Resource Center

Lifeline Gallery: Uses speaking avatar products to enable suicide survivors, attempt survivors, and suicide prevention supporters to share their stories of hope and recovery. The compilation of stories illustrates the many ways in which suicide affects others and offers comfort to those who may be suffering alone.

Lifeline MySpace Profile (for those who are members of MySpace):

Lifeline Facebook Page (for those who are members of Facebook)

Lifeline YouTube Channel: Contains public service announcements (PSAs) and suicide prevention media


Information for College Students

Campus Blues: Links to counseling and health centers at more than 350 colleges and universities.

Campus Mental Health: Know Your Rights! A guide for students who want to seek help for mental illness or emotional distress, produced by the Bazelon Center for Mental Health Law.

Half of Us: Initiating a public dialogue to raise awareness about the prevalence of mental health issues on campus and connect students to the appropriate resources to get help. Suicide is among the specific topics addressed.

People Prevent Suicide: Envisions a world where all stakeholders of college campus life are prepared to prevent suicide and to support those affected by it. Aims to provide student leaders, counselors, safety and health professionals, parents, spiritual leaders, senior administrators, faculty/staff, friends and media with toolkits on how to prepare for the prevention of and response to suicide on college campuses.

Suicide and Mental Health Association International (SMHAI): Goal to prevent suicidal behavior and relieve its effects; promotes and advocates education, awareness and treatment; membership comprised of mental health professionals, public health professionals, researchers, medical doctors, crisis workers, volunteers, caretakers, suicide prevention and crisis intervention staff , school districts, suicide survivors, and others.
 
Suicide Prevention Resource Center—for College Students

ULifeline—Student Page (School-Specific): Search for school-specific information.

ULifeline—Suicide Prevention: Anonymous, confidential, online resource center, where college students can be comfortable searching for the information they need and want regarding mental health and suicide prevention.