Suicide Disorders Mental Health

Suicide (from Latin sui caedere, to kill oneself) is the act of intentionally ending one's own life; it is sometimes a noun for one who has committed, or attempted the act.

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• Training Institute for Suicide Assessment - Provides the interviewing tip of the month, training on suicide prevention and clinical interviewing for mental health professionals and physicians, and a complete article on suicide assessment techniques (CASE Approach).
  
• Suicidal Behaviors: Genetic Association Studies Database - Database of academic papers on genetic and environmental factors in risk of suicide.
  
• SAVE - Suicide Awareness Voices of Education - Aims to prevent suicide through public awareness and education, and features information, news, and resources.
  
• Rosbrien Suicide Awareness Group - Assisting people to be aware of depression and life threatening tendencies.
  
• Jesus Loves You Too - Christian-themed suicide prevention information.
  
• eMedicine Health - Suicidal Thoughts - Information on the causes, symptoms, and treatment of suicidal thought and ideation.
  
• Young people, gender and suicide prevention - Based upon the high suicide rates for young men, this research investigates what variables make young men and women more likely to seek help when experiencing extreme distress.
  
• Suicide Survivor FAQs - Answers to questions by and about suicide survivors (those who have lost someone close to suicide).
  
• Choose Life Project - Deals with fighting despair, and finding hope in a difficult world. Increase life-affirming thinking: more inner peace, joy, and consolation. More happy moments, and coping better with hardship that seems irreversible.
  
• Preventing Suicide - Fact sheet and resources from the CDC.
  
• Pediatric Oncall - Suicide in Adolescents - Warning signs and which teenagers might be prone to suicide.
  
• American Foundation for Suicide Prevention - AFSP funds research, education and treatment programs aimed at the prevention of suicide.
  
• Suicide Support - Information - Chat - Prevention - Includes an online support chat, message board with anonymous posting, as well as information.
  
• National Strategy for Suicide Prevention - Online versions of the National Strategy that proposes public health methods to address suicide. Summary and full report are available, and related suicide and mental health resources.
  
• Suicide Prevention - Health Insite - A collection of resources in suicide prevention in Australia and New Zealand
  
• Preventsuicidenow.com - Includes numerous articles covering all aspects of prevention.
  
• SFSP: Suicide Facts and Possible Warning Signs - San Francisco Suicide Prevention Website.
  
• PAPYRUS: Prevention of Young Suicide - UK resources and support for those dealing with suicide, depression or emotional distress.
  
• Teen and Preteen Suicide Prevention - This site lists clinical resources for parents and teachers who observe at-risk behavior in suicidal juveniles. It links to other prevention sites.
  
• National Suicide Prevention Lifeline - Helps individuals in suicidal crisis to contact the nearest available suicide prevention and mental health service provider through a toll-free phone number. Also information for crisis centers, public education campaign, events, and news.
  
• All About Suicide - Mental Health Net - Learn all about suicide -- what it is and what you can do to help yourself.
  
• Suicide and Mental Health Association International - A range of information on suicide and mental health related issues. Also contains self help information and international crisis-line numbers.
  
• Iris Alliance Fund - Donations sought to educate individuals on suicide prevention, teen suicide, and depression to improve mental health and self esteem.
  
• Suicide Prevention Resource Center (SPRC) - Information on government suicide prevention efforts, news, events and links to important prevention publications.
  
• Suicide and Suicide Prevention - Large collection of articles themed on suicide.
  
• National Council for Suicide Prevention - Description of the Council.
  
• Wesley LifeForce Suicide Prevention Program - Details about a suicide prevention program aiming to significantly reduce the high rate of suicide in Australia through educating strategic community members.
  
• National Organization for People of Color Against Suicide - NOPCAS is in the process of developing resources to help communities of color deal with suicide issues.
  
• Befrienders Worldwide - A suicide referral website. Gateway to hundreds of suicide helplines and emotional first aid centers worldwide and on the Internet.
  
• Lifekeeper Foundation - Promote suicide prevention and awareness.
  
• Thinking About Suicide - A suicide resource including self assessment software, suggestions, news about suicide online, resources, list of organizations, and support news groups, visual art depicting suicide, suicide computations, survey of visitors
  
• Suicide and Survivor Help, in Memory of Jeremy, 1961-2000 - Resources on suicide, grief, prevention and survival for those who have lost a loved one by suicide. A message for those considering suicide. Produced by a father whose son died by suicide.
  
• Griefwork Center, Inc. - Crisis intervention, sudden loss, suicide awareness, grief and bereavement education, and training programs for professionals.
  
• Community Lifelines - Canadian site dealing with suicide prevention, particularly for aboriginal peoples.
  
• CrisisLink - Non-profit regional provider for national and Virginia crisis hotlines, providing suicide prevention, crisis de-escalation, and resource referral 24 hours a day, as well as web resources and community outreach/training.
  
• Suicide Wall Home Page - Suicidewall is a novel by Alexander Paul, dedicated to memorializing Vietnam Veterans who took their own lives. This site gathers a list for a proposed white marble wall and links to other Vietnam Veteran organizations.
  
• Suicide Newsletter - Resources for mental health professionals, patients and families about early detection of depression and suicide prevention.
  
• Living With Suicide - Shared Experiences and Voices of Loss, PBS.
  
• Find Angel - Suicide prevention through shared life experiences.
  
• Have a Heart's Depression Resource - Articles help people with depression and thoughts of suicide, better understand what they are going through.
  
• The Lost Soul Companion - Comfort and constructive advice for struggling actors, musicians, artists, writers, and other free spirits. Includes discussion of suicide, depression, creativity, poverty, and hope.
  
• Surviving the Teens, Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center - Provides information, resources and support to help guide teens and families through the ups and downs they might face.
  
• Suicide Prevention - Offers details about suicidal signs, who is at risk, prevention and what steps to take after. Compiled by a team of mental health professionals selected by Hospital de Sant Pau and the Barcelona Psychotherapy Centre, Mental Health Services (CPB-SSM).
  
• Why? The Neuroscience of Suicide - Scientific American article dealing with brain chemistry as the reason for suicide.
  
• Suicide Prevention Help - Offers a personal approach for those who are despairing and thinking about suicide, and a directory of helpful suicide prevention resources from around the world.
  
• Suicidal.com - Depression and Suicide Prevention - Offering direction for immediate crisis intervention and emotional support for those who are gravely suicidal.
  
• American Association of Suicidology - To understand and prevent suicide as a means of promoting human well-being.
  
• University of Oxford Centre for Suicide Research - Research focuses on investigation of the causes, treatment and prevention of suicidal behaviour. Includes links to sources of statistics and other relevant sites
  
• Suicide Prevention Courses - Suicide Prevention courses and training for professionals, institutions, and the public
  
• About Elder Suicide - An introduction to the problem of elder suicide.
  
• The Jed Foundation - A nonprofit organization committed to reducing the youth suicide rate and improving the mental health support provided to students by universities nation-wide.
  
• Suicide Prevention Action Network USA - Created to raise awareness, build public will, and call for action in regard to advancing a national response to the problem of suicide.
  
• Suicidology e-group - A moderated research information network facilitates the rapid dissemination of research information and news relevant to the study of the Suicidal phenomena.
  
• The Jason Foundation, Inc. - Provides information about youth suicide and offers free educational material for teachers and youth workers.
  
• Developing community networks for suicide prevention - This article describes the steps to be taken and the factors involved in developing a prevention network.
  
• Unit for Suicide Research - The aim of the Unit for Suicide Research is to understand and prevent suicidal behaviour. Epidemiological data on suicide in Belgium are presented.
  
• Suicide Information and Education Center (SIEC) - This site has over 24,000 articles on suicidal behaviour, and can provide you with research materials or training.
  
• What Parents and Teachers should Know about Suicide in Adolescents and Young Adults - Information on risk factors and warning signs of suicide in children, and details of necessary prevention strategies and interventions.
  
• Suicide Survival - For survivors of suicide or those who wish to help them; resources include recommended books, links, and mailing lists.
  
• I Wish I Were Dead - Article about suicide intervention geared towards the mental health professional.
  
• InfoSource: Gay/Bisexual Male Suicide Problems - Information related to gay and bisexual male suicide problems.
  
• The Suicide Paradigm - Offers perspective on suicide as outcome of a process of severe stress and psychological pain. Includes ethical issues discussion, a glossary of suicide terminology, and a heartfelt letter to suicidal young people.
  
  

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