Resources for Suicide Prevention

SUICIDE

www.sprc.org - the Nation's Suicide Prevention Resource Center
www.mentalhealth.org/suicideprevention - National Strategy for Suicide Prevention summary.
www.suicidology.org - American Association of Suicidology.
www.mhac.org - Mental Health Association of California. Site provides detailed information on depression, coping with mental illness, research, medication coverage and other links.
www.aacap.org - American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry. Site provides information on teen suicide among other psychiatric issues.
www.cdc.gov/ncipc - National Center for Injury Prevention & Control (a division of the Center for Disease Control-CDC). Information and statistics on suicide.

www.spanusa.org - SPAN-USA, our national organization
www.yellowribbonsd.org - Yellow Ribbon Youth Suicide Prevention Program of Light for Life Foundation of Southern California
www.teenscreen.org - Columbia Teen Screen, Depression screening for youth
www.afsp.org - American Foundation for Suicide Prevention
www.thetrevorproject.org - Suicide program for gay, lesbian, bisexual, transgender and questioning youth.
www.nopcas.com - National Organization of People of Color Against Suicide.
www.nimh.nih.gov/research/measures.pdf - A comprehensive review of youth suicide risk assessment measures.
www.suicidepreventioncenter.org - Suicide Prevention Center in Los Angeles
http://suicidehotlines.com/california.html - Find hotline listings throughout the state.
1-800-SUICIDE (800-784-2433) - Nationwide crisis hotline.
www.jasonfoundation.com - youth suicide awareness, education and prevention
www.qprinstitute.com - QPR Institute offers comprehensive suicide prevention training programs
www.jedfoundation.org - suicide prevention program for college-age youth

www.compassionatefriends.org - Website for Compassionate Friends - a bereavement organization for parents who have lost a child.
www.griefnet.org - Online support for grief and bereavement.
www.1000deaths.com - Bereavement site for those who have lost a loved one to suicide.
www.twotoomany.com - Bereavement site for people who have multiple losses to suicide within a family.
www.oassis.org - the Organization for Attempters and Survivors of Suicide in Interfaith Services