Suicide Prevention Resources

The Mental Health and Suicide Survey was conducted online within the United States by Harris Poll on behalf of ADAA, AFSP, and NAASP between August 10-12, 2015 among 2,020 adults ages 18+. Results were weighted for age within gender, region, race/ethnicity, income, and education where necessary to align them with their actual proportions in the population.

The survey shows that about 9 in 10 adults (89%) feel that mental health and physical health are equally important for their own overall health and an overwhelming majority (93%) would do something if someone close to them was thinking about suicide. Nearly four in five (78%) would encourage them to seek help from a mental health professional/doctor/primary care professional/clergy. Three in five (61%) would call a crisis hotline for them/provide them with a phone number for a crisis hotline or other resource.

http://www.sprc.org/library_resources/items/survey-about-mental-health-and-suicide-united-states

• American College Health Association

• Beyond OCD: Overcoming OCD - The College Student's Guide

• Bibliography of Suicide Prevention Research for Colleges and Universities

• Critical Mental Health Resources for College Students

• NAMI's Networking Site for Young Adults with Mental Illness

• Screening for Mental Health, Inc: College Response

• Suicide Prevention Resource Center - Information for College Students

• ULifeline

• Bibliography of suicide prevention research for colleges and universities

The attached sheet provided by the Suicide Prevention Resource Center lists survey results and studies relevant to different aspects of campus suicide prevention and mental health promotion. Campus mental health researchers, staff in campus counseling centers or health promotion offices, campus administrators, campus suicide prevention task force members, or other suicide prevention professionals working in college and university settings can use this research to support their efforts.

• Association of Gay and Lesbian Psychiatrists

• Association for Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual & Transgender Issues in Counseling

• A Practitioner's Resource Guide: Helping Families to Support Their LGBT Children

• Eating Disorders in LGBT populations

• Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender Health

• The Trevor Project

• Suicide Prevention Lifeline Wallet Card - English

• Suicide Prevention Lifeline Wallet Card - Spanish

• Suicide Risk Assessment Wallet Card

The attached cards, provided by the National Suicide Prevention Lifeline, include tips on how to help or get help, and summaries of warning signs.

You may also request 50 free copies of the wallet cards at the SAMHSA’s Publications Store. 

• Jewish Association for the Mentally Ill (UK)

• National Asian American Pacific Islander Mental Health Association

• Preventing Suicide by American Indian and Alaska Native Youth and Young Adults

• SAMHSA Office of Behavioral Health Equity

• The U.S. Office of Minority Health