• Chronic and Acute Risk Factors for Suicide
• Suicide and Asthma
• Suicide and Inhalants
• Help-seeking among Men: Implications for Suicide Prevention
  • See also Paul Quinnett's piece on Suicide Prevention
• Suicide and the Economy
• Suicide and Diabetes
• Suicide and Body Dysmorphic Disorders
• Suicide and Breast Augmentation
• Suicide and Eating Disorders
• Consensus statement on youth suicide by firearms
  Findings of the Youth Suicide by Firearms Task Force
  This was determined to be a best practice resource by the Suicide Prevention Resource Center.
• A Review of Suicide Assessment Measures for Intervention Research with Adults and Older Adults
• A Review of Suicide Assessment Measures for Intervention Research with Youth

Rail Suicide Prevention Project

Funded by both the Federal Railroad Administration (FRA) and the Federal Transit Administration (FTA), the Rail Suicide Prevention Project is designed to:

• Establish the prevalence of suicides on railroad rights of way
• Develop countermeasures to prevent these suicides by understanding interacting characteristics of person and site regarding why people choose to die by suicide in this manner.

Steps to achieve these goals:

• Establish prevalence data on past suicides on railroad rights of way to isolate patterns in frequency, time of day, location, and physical features of the site.
• Conduct “psychological autopsies” on individuals who died by suicide on railroad rights of way to learn more about the person and the events leading up to his or her death.
• Identify geographic locations, or “hot spots” where fatalities occur with more frequency than others.
• Explore and test countermeasures based on data and previously tested preventive interventions.

Using the information collected, AAS will develop a generic profile of those who died by suicide on railroad rights of way. It should be possible then to draw conclusions about the characteristics of the people, locations, and warning signs that will help to identify possible areas for prevention and intervention. The project is slated to last 3 years.

Listen to a radio show on Rail Suicide Prevention with Project Director Karen Marshall

Continuity of Care Paper

Under contract with the Suicide Prevention Research Center (SPRC), we are preparing a paper for the Department of Health and Human Services’ Substance Abuse and Mental Health Administration’s Center for Mental Health Services. The paper concerns continuity of care of suicide attempters after discharge from emergency department and inpatient hospitalization. It summarizes the evidence base, makes recommendations for practice, identifies the most critical gaps in knowledge, and suggests directions for new research to fill those gaps. The paper is currently under review.

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