Youth Suicide Prevention, Intervention and Research Center Resources
If you need immediate assistance, please call or text the Suicide & Crisis Lifeline at 988.
Suicide Prevention
988 Suicide and Crisis Lifeline
https://www.samhsa.gov/find-help/988
The 988 Suicide and Crisis Lifeline offers 24/7 access to trained crisis counselors who can help people experiencing mental health-related distress. People can call or text 988 or chat at 988lifeline.org for themselves or if they are worried about a loved one who may need crisis support. The service is free.
AACAP – Understanding Risk and Protective Factors for Suicide
http://www.aacap.org/App_Themes/AACAP/docs/practice_parameters/suicidal_behavior_practice_parameter.pdf
Provides a brief overview of the importance of risk and protective factors as they relate to suicide and offers guidance about how communities can best use them to decrease suicide risk.
SPRC – Youth Suicide
https://www.cdc.gov/vitalsigns/pdf/vs-0618-suicide-H.pdf
The Suicide Prevention Resource Center provides a fact sheet about youth suicide based on findings from a pilot for the National Violent Death Reporting System.