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SAMHSA’S SUICIDE
PREVENTION RESOURCES
AT A GLANCE
National Suicide Prevention Lifeline: 24/7
free and confidential support across the United
States for people in distress, offering prevention
and crisis resources and best practices for
professionals.
Suicide Safe Mobile App: A free mobile app
that helps providers integrate suicide prevention
strategies into their practice and address suicide
risk among their patients.
Mental Health Awareness Month: Focusing On
Suicide Prevention Strategies For Our Youth:
Blog post by Assistant Secretary for Mental Health
and Substance Use Elinore F. McCance-Katz,
M.D., Ph.D., on SAMHSA’s 14th National Children’s
Mental Health Awareness Day.
Suicide Prevention Resource Center (SPRC):
SAMHSA-funded hub of information and resources
for families, friends, coworkers, health providers,
and the public, including a database of strategies
to prevent suicide and a comprehensive approach
to suicide prevention.
Zero Suicide: A continuous quality improvement
framework for transforming suicide prevention in
health and mental health care systems.
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National Action Alliance for Suicide Prevention:
The SAMHSA-funded public-private partnership
charged with advancing the 2012 National
Strategy for Suicide Prevention and achieving a
goal of reducing the annual suicide rate by
20 percent by 2025. The Action Alliance seeks to
achieve this goal by transforming health systems,
supporting community-based efforts, and changing
the conversation around suicide.
National Recommendations for Depicting
Suicide: An initiative of the National Action Alliance
for Suicide Prevention focused on helping the
media depict suicide responsibly to encourage
people to seek help, dispel myths, and reinforce
hope.
Action Alliance Framework for Successful
Messaging: A resource to help people
communicating about suicide develop messages
that are strategic, safe, and positive, and that make
use of relevant guidelines and best practices.