Prevention Resources

We hope that the following resources will assist you in your prevention efforts. As the late Dr. Edwin Shneidman said, “Suicide prevention can be everyone’s business.”

Please feel free to email us any further resources as we continue to update the page.

Prevention Division Director: Scott Poland, Ed.D.
                                           Email: spoland@nova.edu

American Psychological Association
Main website: http://www.apa.org

• http://www.apa.org/topics/suicide/index.aspx

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)
Main website: http://www.cdc.gov/

• http://www.cdc.gov/ViolencePrevention/suicide/
• Youth Suicide Prevention Programs: A Resource Guide

College Students In Crisis: Preventing Campus Suicides and Protecting Civil Rights
New Jersey Department of the Public Advocate

• http://www.state.nj.us/publicadvocate/mental/pdf/College%20Suicide%20Report%20FINAL-8-10-09.pdf

Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment
Prevention Services Division, Injury, Suicide and Violence Prevention Unit
Main website: http://www.cdphe.state.co.us/pp/injuryprevention/index.html

• http://www.cdphe.state.co.us/pp/suicide/

Florida Initiative for Suicide Prevention (FISP)
Main website: http://www.fisponline.org/

Florida Office of Drug Control, Statewide Office of Suicide Prevention and Suicide Prevention Coordinating Council
Main website: http://www.helppromotehope.com/

• http://www.helppromotehope.com/resources/info.php
• Florida Suicide Prevention Strategy 2005-2010 (PDF)

Florida Suicide Prevention Coalition (FSPC)
Main website: http://www.floridasuicideprevention.org

Ganley Foundation
Main website: http://www.ganleyfoundation.com

Jed Foundation
Main website: http://www.jedfoundation.org/

Montgomery County Emergency Service
Main website: http://www.mces.org/

• http://www.mces.org/suicideprevent.html
  

National Association of School Psychologists (NASP)
Main website: http://www.nasponline.org/

• http://www.nasponline.org/resources/crisis_safety/suicideresources.aspx

National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH)
Main website: http://www.nimh.nih.gov/index.shtml

• http://www.nimh.nih.gov/health/topics/suicide-prevention/index.shtml

National Strategy for Suicide Prevention: Goals and Objectives for Action
Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA)

• http://mentalhealth.samhsa.gov/publications/allpubs/SMA01-3517/

Suicide Awareness Voices of Education (SAVE)
Main website: http://www.save.org

Suicide Prevention & Education for Teens
The Caring Tree Program of Big Bend Hospice and Capital City Youth Services

• http://www.helppromotehope.com/documents/Suicide%20Prevention%20for%20Teens%202009.ppt

Suicide Prevention Resource Center (SPRC)
Main website: http://www.sprc.org/

• http://www.sprc.org/featured_resources/customized/college_student.asp

Statewide suicide prevention initiatives:
http://www.sprc.org/stateinformation/index.asp
http://www.sprc.org/stateinformation/plans.asp

The Trevor Project
Main website: http://www.thetrevorproject.org/home2.aspx

ULifeline
Main website: http://www.ulifeline.org

Youth Suicide Prevention
California Department of Education

• http://www.cde.ca.gov/ls/cg/mh/suicideprevres.asp

Youth Suicide Prevention Program (YSPP)
Main website: http://www.yspp.org/

Youth Suicide Prevention School-Based Guide
Louis de la Parte Florida Mental Health Institute (University of South Florida)

• http://theguide.fmhi.usf.edu/