Website : https://www.cde.ca.gov/ls/cg/mh/suicideprevres. asp ● California Department of Health Care Services (DHCS) Offers a list of upcoming and archived training opportunities on topics related to suicide prevention: Website : https://www.dhcs.ca.gov/services/MH/Pages/PEI- Training Opportunities.aspx ● Each Mind Matters: California’s Mental Health Movement Is the popular name for the Statewide PEI Project. This website offers information on various aspects of mental health, including suicide prevention: Website : https://www.eachmindmatters.org/mental-health/ ● HEARD Alliance Located in the San Francisco Bay area, offers a K-12 Toolkit for Mental Health Promotion & Suicide Prevention: Website : https://www.heardalliance.org/help-toolkit/ ● Know the Signs: Culture and Community Offers suicide prevention resources for Native Americans in California Website : https://calmhsa.org/wp-content/uploads/2014/04/ Native-American-Suicide-Prevention-Resources.pdf ● Know the Signs: Suicide is Preventable Offers advice on how to start and maintain a conversation with a person who may be thinking of suicide and offers lists of resources: Website : https://www.suicideispreventable.org/ ● Striving for Zero: California’s Strategic Plan for Suicide Prevention 2020-2025 Outlines California’s strategy for reducing the suicide rate in the state: Website : https://mhsoac.ca.gov/sites/default/files/ Suicide%20Prevention%20Plan_Final.pdf OTHER RELATED ORGANIZATIONS National Child Traumatic Stress Network Website : https://www.nctsn.org/ Established by Congress in 2000, the National Child Traumatic Stress Network (NCTSN) brings a singular and comprehensive focus to childhood trauma (NCTSN, 2018): Advancing a broad range of effective services and interventions by creating trauma-informed developmentally and culturally appropriate programs that improve the standard of care. Working with established systems of care including the health, mental health, education, law enforcement, child welfare, juvenile justice, and military family service systems to ensure there is a comprehensive trauma-informed continuum of accessible care. Fostering a community dedicated to collaboration within and beyond the NCTSN to ensure that widely shared knowledge and skills become a sustainable national resource. ● Garrett Lee Smith Memorial Suicide Prevention Program Website : https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/ PMC3107991/ The Garrett Lee Smith (GLS) Campus Suicide Prevention grants are disseminated through The Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration, Center for Mental Health Services. (SAMHSA, 2016). The purpose of this program is to facilitate a comprehensive public health approach to prevent suicide in institutions of higher education. The grant is designed to assist colleges and universities in building essential capacity and infrastructure to support expanded efforts to promote wellness and help-seeking of all students. Additionally, this grant will offer outreach to vulnerable students, including those experiencing substance abuse and mental health problems who are at greater risk for suicide and suicide attempts. ● Veterans Administration Programs Website : https://www.mentalhealth.va.gov/suicide_ prevention/ The U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, Veterans Health Administration has implemented several programs to aid veterans at risk for suicide or who have attempted suicide
The SPRC is a federally supported resource center devoted to advancing the National Strategy for Suicide Prevention. They provide technical assistance, training, and materials to increase the knowledge and expertise of suicide prevention practitioners and other professionals serving people at risk for suicide. They also promote collaboration among a variety of organizations that play a role in developing the field of suicide prevention. ● The Jed Foundation Website : http://www.jedfoundation.org The Jed Foundation was founded in 2000 by Donna and Phil Satow after they lost their son Jed to suicide. The foundation’s goal is to promote emotional health and prevent suicide among college and university students. ● The Trevor Project Website : http://www.thetrevorproject.org The Trevor Project provides crisis intervention and suicide prevention services to lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and questioning youth. OTHER ONLINE RESOURCES ● Bullying and Suicide – Centers for Disease Control Website : https://www.cdc.gov/violenceprevention/pdf/ bullying-suicide-translation-final-a.pdf ● Center for Elderly Suicide Prevention Website : http://www.ioaging.org/services/all-inclusive- health-care/psychological-services/center-for-elderly-suicide- prevention ● The Crisis Text Line Website : http://www.crisistextline.org Man Therapy http:// mantherapy.org ● National Association of School Psychologists – Preventing Youth Suicide: Tips for Parents and Educators Website : https://www.nasponline.org/resources-and- publications/resources/school-safety-and-crisis/preventing- youth-suicide/preventing-youth-suicide- tips-for-parents-and- educators ● The Good Behavior Game (Paxis Institute, 2018) Website : https://goodbehaviorgame.org ● Question, Persuade, Refer (QPR) – Suicide Risk Prevention Training Website : https://www.qprinstitute.com ● Suicide.org – Suicide Prevention, Awareness, and Support Website : http://www.suicide.org ● Suicide Prevention Resource Center – Suicide Prevention Toolkit for Rural Primary Care Website : http://www.sprc.org/for-providers/primary-care- tool-kit ● Treatment Advocacy Center – State Standards Charts for Assisted Treatment: Civil Commitment Criteria and Initiation Procedures by State Website : http://www.treatmentadvocacycenter.org/ storage/documents/State_Standards_Charts_for_Assisted_ Treatment_-_Civil_Commitment_Criteria_and_Initiation_ Procedures.pdf CLINICIAN SURVIVORS – FOR PROVIDERS SUFFERING A SUICIDE LOSS ● American Association of Suicidology’s Clinician Survivor Task Force Website : https://jmcintos.pages.iu.edu/therapists_mainpg. htm The Clinician Survivor Task Force provides consultation, support, and education to psychotherapists and other mental health professionals to assist them in understanding and responding to their personal and/or professional loss resulting from the suicide death of a patient/client and/or family member. CALIFORNIA-BASED RESOURCES ● California Department of Education Maintains a Youth Suicide Prevention Web page, listing resources for school districts:
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