Resources

What's on this Page?

• hopes Website Resources

• Suicide Prevention

• Survivors of Suicide

• Suicide and Depression

• Wisconsin Organizations

• National Organizations

hopes Resources

Wisconsin Suicide Statistics

Wisconsin Suicide Prevention Facts

hopes Newsletters

hopes Recommended Reading

Suicide Prevention Resources

Symptoms of Depression

Signs of Suicide

Crisis Hotlines

Suicide Prevention Advocacy

Wisconsin Suicide Prevention Facts (.pdf)

QPR Training

Wisconsin Suicide Prevention Strategy

The National Strategy for Suicide Prevention - U.S. Department of Health and Human Services. Call 1-800-789-2647 for a paper copy of this document.

Surgeon General's Call to Action to Prevent Suicide, 1999.  Printer friendly .pdf version
 

Survivors of Suicide

hopes Survivor's Handbook

Wisconsin Survivors of Suicide Groups

For clergy

After a Suicide: Recommendations for Religious Services and Other Public Memorial Observances .pdf from the SPRC - Suicide Prevention Resource Center

For funeral directors

Supporting Survivors of Suicide Loss: A Guide for Funeral Directors - SAMHSA’s Center for Mental Health Services (CMHS)

For survivors and their families and friends

Surviving a Suicide Loss: A Financial Guide from the American Foundation for Suicide Prevention

Suicide: the Forever Decision, for Those Thinking about Suicide and for those Who Know, Love and Counsel Them, by Paul Quinnett, Ph.D. is now available as a free download thanks to the QPR Institute. 
 

Suicide and Depression

For the media

Media Recommendations for reporting on Suicide

At-a-Glance: Safe Reporting on Suicide a 2 page .pdf by the Suicide Prevention Resource Center

For the workplace

Business Outreach - Mental Health America of Wisconsin

Texans Working Together

Wisconsin Organizations

Mental Health America of Wisconsin

NAMI - Wisconsin

Safe Communities

Wisconsin United for Mental Health

National Organizations (alphabetical)

American Association of Suicidology
202-237-2280

American Foundation of Suicide Prevention
888-333-2377

Anxiety Disorders Association of America
240-485-1001

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention - National Center for Injury Prevention and Control

Child and Adolescent Bipolar Foundation

Compassionate Friends (Loss of a child)
877-969-0010

Depression and Bipolar Support Alliance
(formerly National Depressive and Manic-Depressive Association)
800-826-3632

LifeKeeper Foundation Suicide Awareness

Mental Health America
800-969-NMHA (6642)

National Alliance for Research on Schizophrenia and Depression
516-829-0091

National Alliance for the Mentally Ill
800-950-NAMI (6264)
703-516-7227 (TDD)

National Institute of Mental Health
800-421-4211

National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism

National Institute on Drug Abuse
800-644-6432

National Organization of Colored People Against Suicide
866-899-5317

National Resource Center for Suicide Prevention/Aftercare
(The Link Counseling Center, Executive Director: Iris Bolton)
404-256-9797

Office of the Surgeon General of the United States

SAVE (Suicide Awareness/Voices of Education)
952-946-SA/VE (7998)

Screening for Mental Health, Inc.
800-573-4433

Suicide Prevention Advocacy Network
202-237-SPAN (2280)

Suicide Prevention Resource Center
877-GET-SPRC (438-7772)

Yellow Ribbon Suicide Prevention Program
(Resources for parents and teens, additional links)
303-429-3530