Help is Out There for Everyone:
The ripple effect of a suicide or suicide attempt is large. Listed below is information for everyone.
Suicide Survivors
The Alliance of Hope for Suicide Survivors provides healing support for people who have lost loved ones to suicide. It was founded in 2008 by Ronnie Walker, a licensed clinical mental health counselor who lost her stepson to suicide in 1995.
Suicide Prevention
The Suicide Prevention Resource Center (SPRC) is the nation’s only 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 Trevor Project is the leading national organization providing crisis intervention and suicide prevention services to lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and questioning youth.
To Write Love on Her Arms is a non-profit movement dedicated to presenting hope and finding help for people struggling with depression, addiction, self-injury and suicide. TWLOHA exists to encourage, inform, inspire and also to invest directly into treatment and recovery.
The American Foundation for Suicide Prevention has been at the forefront of a wide range of suicide prevention initiatives -- each designed to reduce loss of life from suicide. We are investing in groundbreaking research, new educational campaigns, innovative demonstration projects and critical policy work. And we are expanding our assistance to people whose lives have been affected by suicide, reaching out to offer support and offering opportunities to become involved in prevention.
Link Counseling Center's National Resource Center’s goal is to provide suicide-related community education in the areas of prevention, intervention, and aftercare, as well as healing support services for families, youth, and those affected by the psychological trauma of suicide.
Society for the Prevention of Teen Suicide
The Trevor Project is the leading national organization providing crisis intervention and suicide prevention services to lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and questioning youth.
To Write Love on Her Arms is a non-profit movement dedicated to presenting hope and finding help for people struggling with depression, addiction, self-injury and suicide. TWLOHA exists to encourage, inform, inspire and also to invest directly into treatment and recovery.
The American Foundation for Suicide Prevention has been at the forefront of a wide range of suicide prevention initiatives -- each designed to reduce loss of life from suicide. We are investing in groundbreaking research, new educational campaigns, innovative demonstration projects and critical policy work. And we are expanding our assistance to people whose lives have been affected by suicide, reaching out to offer support and offering opportunities to become involved in prevention.
Link Counseling Center's National Resource Center’s goal is to provide suicide-related community education in the areas of prevention, intervention, and aftercare, as well as healing support services for families, youth, and those affected by the psychological trauma of suicide.
Society for the Prevention of Teen Suicide
SUBSTANCE ABUSE
DrugRehab.com, their mission is to equip patients and families with the best information, resources and tools to overcome addiction and lead a lifelong recovery. "You can’t free yourself from drug and alcohol addiction until you understand depression, loneliness, anxiety and other things that push us to substance abuse. We teach you healthy ways to deal with these basic human emotions and to cope with the desire for abuse."
RehabInfo, the most trusted rehab referrals. If you have reason to believe a friend or loved one needs treatment for a substance abuse problem, mental health disorder or a behavioral issue, chances are, they do. By the time you begin to notice behaviors out of the norm in the individual in question, they likely have been suffering with their conditions for sometime. It’s commonplace for a person with an addiction or mental illness to attempt to hide it from friends and loved ones for as long as they can. For this reason, it’s important for you to recognize the signs and symptoms of any issues that might require rehab.
Drug Rehab Connections is not a specific treatment facility, instead they are an informational website that connects addicts and their families with the help they need to put their lives together.
Periodic Table of Drug Addiction
The Recovery Village is a full continuum of care facility for drug and alcohol addictions, as well as co-occurring mental health issues. Our integrated system is designed to personally guide patients through a comprehensive array of health services spanning all levels of care.
www.rehabcenter.net is your portal to a new, improved, drug-free life.
Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA) is a resource to find alcohol and drug abuse treatment or mental health treatment facilities and programs around the country.
Addiction Center. Are you or a loved one struggling with prescription painkillers, alcohol or street drugs like heroin? Call our drug abuse hotline to be connected with one of our rehabs or detox centers and start your new life today.
The Mayo Clinic is an excellent resource that has information for anyone involved in a crisis.
Drug Prevention 4 Teens
Addiction Prevention: 34 Essential Lesson Plans for Educators
Alternative Treatments for Addiction
The Effects of Illegal Drugs on the Heart
RehabInfo, the most trusted rehab referrals. If you have reason to believe a friend or loved one needs treatment for a substance abuse problem, mental health disorder or a behavioral issue, chances are, they do. By the time you begin to notice behaviors out of the norm in the individual in question, they likely have been suffering with their conditions for sometime. It’s commonplace for a person with an addiction or mental illness to attempt to hide it from friends and loved ones for as long as they can. For this reason, it’s important for you to recognize the signs and symptoms of any issues that might require rehab.
Drug Rehab Connections is not a specific treatment facility, instead they are an informational website that connects addicts and their families with the help they need to put their lives together.
Periodic Table of Drug Addiction
The Recovery Village is a full continuum of care facility for drug and alcohol addictions, as well as co-occurring mental health issues. Our integrated system is designed to personally guide patients through a comprehensive array of health services spanning all levels of care.
www.rehabcenter.net is your portal to a new, improved, drug-free life.
Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA) is a resource to find alcohol and drug abuse treatment or mental health treatment facilities and programs around the country.
Addiction Center. Are you or a loved one struggling with prescription painkillers, alcohol or street drugs like heroin? Call our drug abuse hotline to be connected with one of our rehabs or detox centers and start your new life today.
The Mayo Clinic is an excellent resource that has information for anyone involved in a crisis.
Drug Prevention 4 Teens
Addiction Prevention: 34 Essential Lesson Plans for Educators
Alternative Treatments for Addiction
The Effects of Illegal Drugs on the Heart
Dealing with Grief
Break Through the Static is a San Francisco Bay Area-based non-profit 501(c)(3) organization with the mission of transforming families, schools and communities by exclusively supporting teenagers affected by suicide.
Friends and Families of Suicide (FFoS) is an international group and community. Their mission is to offer understanding, support, information, connections, and hope to anyone whose life has been affected by the suicide of another person. FFOS is an all volunteer community, lead by special members called moderators.
The Parents of Suicide is a mailing list that provides an e-mail support group for parents whose children have died of suicide. It is intended to provide a place where parents can discuss the lives and deaths of their children with other parents whose children have died by suicide. It is also intended to be a place where mother and fathers can freely share their own experiences and feelings in an emotionally supportive atmosphere.
The Suicide Grief Support Forum is a public message board, an outreach project of the Parents of Suicides (POS) and Friends and Families of Suicides (FFOS) Internet Communities. Their mission is to provide information, support and comfort to anyone whose life has been touched by the suicide of another person. Connecting with others who have walked the same road can sometimes make a difference in how we survive a tragedy that may be incomprehensible.
The mission of The Compassionate Friends: When a child dies, at any age, the family suffers intense pain and may feel hopeless and isolated. The Compassionate Friends provides highly personal comfort, hope, and support to every family experiencing the death of a son or a daughter, a brother or a sister, or a grandchild, and helps others better assist the grieving family. The Compassionate Friends was founded over 40 years ago when a chaplain at the Warwickshire Hospital in England brought together two sets of grieving parents and realized that the support they gave each other was better than anything he, as a chaplain, could ever say or provide. Meeting around a kitchen table, the Lawleys and the Hendersons were joined by a bereaved mother and the chaplain, Simon Stephens, and The Society of the Compassionate Friends was born. The Compassionate Friends jumped across the ocean and was established in the United States and incorporated in 1978 in Illinois.
The Dougy Center for Grieving Children & Families works through their National Center for Grieving Children and Families and provides support and training locally, nationally and internationally to individuals and organizations seeking to assist children in grief.
Friends For Survival, Inc. is a national non-profit organization that provides a variety of peer support services to comfort those in grief, encourage healing and growth, foster the development of skills to cope with a loss and educate the entire community regarding the impact of suicide. All staff and volunteers have been directly impacted by a suicide death.
Heartbeat: Grief Support Following Suicide is a peer support group offering empathy, encouragement, and direction following the suicide of a loved one.
SiblingSurvivors.com provides online resources for sibling suicide survivors.
Survivors of Suicide Loss, Inc. is a non-profit, nonsectarian, self-help support group system for those who have lost a relative or friend through suicide.
Friends and Families of Suicide (FFoS) is an international group and community. Their mission is to offer understanding, support, information, connections, and hope to anyone whose life has been affected by the suicide of another person. FFOS is an all volunteer community, lead by special members called moderators.
The Parents of Suicide is a mailing list that provides an e-mail support group for parents whose children have died of suicide. It is intended to provide a place where parents can discuss the lives and deaths of their children with other parents whose children have died by suicide. It is also intended to be a place where mother and fathers can freely share their own experiences and feelings in an emotionally supportive atmosphere.
The Suicide Grief Support Forum is a public message board, an outreach project of the Parents of Suicides (POS) and Friends and Families of Suicides (FFOS) Internet Communities. Their mission is to provide information, support and comfort to anyone whose life has been touched by the suicide of another person. Connecting with others who have walked the same road can sometimes make a difference in how we survive a tragedy that may be incomprehensible.
The mission of The Compassionate Friends: When a child dies, at any age, the family suffers intense pain and may feel hopeless and isolated. The Compassionate Friends provides highly personal comfort, hope, and support to every family experiencing the death of a son or a daughter, a brother or a sister, or a grandchild, and helps others better assist the grieving family. The Compassionate Friends was founded over 40 years ago when a chaplain at the Warwickshire Hospital in England brought together two sets of grieving parents and realized that the support they gave each other was better than anything he, as a chaplain, could ever say or provide. Meeting around a kitchen table, the Lawleys and the Hendersons were joined by a bereaved mother and the chaplain, Simon Stephens, and The Society of the Compassionate Friends was born. The Compassionate Friends jumped across the ocean and was established in the United States and incorporated in 1978 in Illinois.
The Dougy Center for Grieving Children & Families works through their National Center for Grieving Children and Families and provides support and training locally, nationally and internationally to individuals and organizations seeking to assist children in grief.
Friends For Survival, Inc. is a national non-profit organization that provides a variety of peer support services to comfort those in grief, encourage healing and growth, foster the development of skills to cope with a loss and educate the entire community regarding the impact of suicide. All staff and volunteers have been directly impacted by a suicide death.
Heartbeat: Grief Support Following Suicide is a peer support group offering empathy, encouragement, and direction following the suicide of a loved one.
SiblingSurvivors.com provides online resources for sibling suicide survivors.
Survivors of Suicide Loss, Inc. is a non-profit, nonsectarian, self-help support group system for those who have lost a relative or friend through suicide.
mental health
"We're Talking!" was developed by the Adolescent Interest Group (AIG) of the Palo Alto Medical Foundation (PAMF). The group is composed of PAMF physicians, social workers, educators and researchers concerned with addressing the health care needs of adolescents. AIG members volunteer countless hours to review Web content and create new material to ensure the site continues to provide teens with comprehensive, up-to-date health information. Also contributing to the site include are a group of teens that comprise the Summer Wellness Education and Training for Teens (SWEAT) Institute.
The goal of the American Association of Suicidology (AAS) is to understand and prevent suicide. They accomplish this mission by directing efforts to Advance Suicidology as a science; encouraging, developing and disseminating scholarly work in suicidology. Encourage the development and application of strategies that reduce the incidence and prevalence of suicidal behaviors. Compile, develop, evaluate and disseminate accurate information about suicidal behaviors to the public. Foster the highest possible quality of suicide prevention, intervention and postvention to the public. Publicize official AAS positions on issues of public policy relating to suicide. Promote research and training in suicidology.
SAVE: Suicide Awareness Voices of Education is an organization dedicated to education about suicide and mental illness. The organization was founded by survivors and their website contains a “Coping with Loss” section for survivors.
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Senior Mental Health
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Depression is Not a Normal Part of Growing Older
The State of Mental Health and Aging in America
The Guide to Overcoming Holiday Depression for the Elderly and their Caretakers
Elderly Depression and Care for the Elderly
Depression - Older Adults
Addiction Prevention Guide for Seniors
Understanding the Dying Process
Life Support: Information and Ethics
Preparing for Approaching Death
Have the Discussion - Preparing for end-of-Life Decision Making
Palliative Care Finder
Depression is Not a Normal Part of Growing Older
The State of Mental Health and Aging in America
The Guide to Overcoming Holiday Depression for the Elderly and their Caretakers
Elderly Depression and Care for the Elderly
Depression - Older Adults
Addiction Prevention Guide for Seniors
Understanding the Dying Process
Life Support: Information and Ethics
Preparing for Approaching Death
Have the Discussion - Preparing for end-of-Life Decision Making
Palliative Care Finder
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