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HELPFUL LINKS
DISCLAIMER: Listed
sites below are not under the control of Suicide
Help For Nevada, and we are not responsible for the
contents of any linked site. These links are
provided only as a convenience and the inclusion of
any link does not imply endorsement or participation
by SH-NV in the activities of the listed sites.
Nevada Related Links |
Prevention Related Links |
Survivor Support Links
Youth Related Links |
Mental Health Related Links |
Miscellaneous Links
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NEVADA
RELATED LINKS
Crisis
Call Center
The Crisis Call Center provides intervention,
prevention, referral, and education services to the
community and supports those individuals in crisis
by helping them to make constructive and productive
choices.
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Surviving
Suicide
Surviving Suicide - A web site for healing after the
loss of a loved one through suicide. This is the
site of a southern Nevada survivor mom, SPAN
Community Organizer, AFSP-NV member.
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Nevada 2003 Suicide Prevention Resource Directory
From The Nevada Division of Mental Health and
Developmental Services (MHDS). This directory is
designed to provide an easy to use reference of
programs which are available in Nevada to assist
individuals who may need suicide prevention
resources. You can download the 94 page (.pdf
format, 856K) directory from the web site.
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PREVENTION
RELATED LINKS
The American
Foundation for Suicide Prevention
AFSP was founded in 1987 by concerned scientists,
business and community leaders, and survivors of
suicide in an effort to support the research and
education needed to prevent suicide. This
organization also offers educational programs and
conferences for survivors, mental health
professionals, physicians, and the public. This site
contains a section dedicated to survivor support as
well as a 1998 National Directory of Survivor
Support Groups for families and friends of suicide.
American
Association of Suicidology
AAS is a nonprofit organization dedicated to the
understanding and prevention of suicide. This site
is designed as a resource for anyone concerned about
suicide, including AAS members, suicide researchers,
therapists, prevention specialists, survivors of
suicide, and people who are themselves in crisis.
You will also find a National Directory of Support
Groups for Survivors of Suicide on this site.
Prevent Suicide
Now
Kevin Caruso has been working with suicidal people
for over 30 years. On this website he shares his
experiences and knowledge and provides information
and esources. His statement, "Nothing could be more
important than preventing suicides", is reflected
throughout this website.
SPAN USA
The Suicide Prevention Advocacy Network (SPAN) is a
grass-roots, non profit organization dedicated to
the creation of an effective national suicide
prevention strategy. SPAN links the energy of those
bereaved by suicide with the expertise of leaders in
science, business, government and public service to
achieve the goal of significantly reducing the
national rate of suicide by the year 2010.
Suicide
Prevention Services of the Fox Valley
Located in Batavia, Illionois (in the Fox Valley
area). Dedicated to the mission of reducing and
eliminating suicide and suicide attempts through
education, advocacy, and collaboration.
Suicide Prevention
Resource Center (SPRC)
SPRC is a national resource center that provides
technical assistance, training, and information in
order to strengthen suicide prevention networks and
advance the National Strategy for Suicide
Prevention.
Suicide
Information & Education Center
A library and resource center for suicide
information & education. Also available on this site
is caregiver training with information for suicide
prevention training programs.
SA\VE - Suicide
Awareness Voices of Education
The mission of SAVE is to educate about suicide and
to speak for suicide survivors.
The Link
Counseling Center's National Resource Center
For Suicide Prevention and Aftercare. Programs of
The Link are Counseling and Psychotherapy, Children
in Crisis and Grief, Suicide Prevention and
Aftercare, Community Education, Training, and
Supervision.
With One
Voice
The primary objective and aim of this project is to
bring students, families, professionals, schools,
and communities together to energize suicide
prevention. We use music and drama as a powerful
vehicle to provide understanding and problem solving
for kids in a language they can embrace. The MUSICAL
stimulates a desire to help... The CRISIS PROGRAM
makes it possible!
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SURVIVOR
SUPPORT LINKS
Surviving Suicide
A web site for healing after the loss of a loved one
through suicide. Written and maintained by a
survivor mom, a support group facilitator, the
Southern Nevada Community Organizer for SPAN
(Suicide Prevention Advocacy Network), and a charter
member of the Nevada chapter of AFSP (American
Foundation for Suicide Prevention).
Survivors of
Suicide, San Diego
Survivors of Suicide, Inc., is a nonprofit,
nonsectarian, self-help support group for those who
have lost a relative or friend through suicide. The
Survivors of Suicide volunteers are dedicated to
providing information and support to assist in the
grieving and healing process. Survivors of Suicide
holds monthly support group meetings in the San
Diego area. Survivors of Suicide also publishes a
quarterly newsletter and supports this web site.
Parents of Suicide Email support group
This web site 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, via email, the lives and deaths of their
children with other parents whose children have died
by suicide.
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YOUTH
RELATED LINKS
Youth Links
Suicide Help For Nevada provides youth related links
within this web site. Click on the above title to
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MENTAL
HEALTH RELATED LINKS
The National
Mental Health Association
The National Mental Health Association (NMHA) is the
country's oldest and largest nonprofit organization
addressing all aspects of mental health and mental
illness.
NMHA - Depression Screening
National Mental Health Association (NMHA) has a
Depression Screening site as part of their Campaign
for America's Mental Health. The mission of this web
site is to educate people about clinical depression,
offer a confidential way for people to get screened
for symptoms of the illness, and guide people toward
appropriate professional help if necessary.
The National
Alliance for the Mentally Ill
The National Alliance for the Mentally Ill (NAMI) is
a nonprofit, grassroots, self-help, support and
advocacy organization of consumers, families, and
friends of people with severe mental illnesses, such
as schizophrenia, major depression, bipolar
disorder, obsessive-compulsive disorder, and anxiety
disorders.
NIMH - National Institute/Mental Health
The National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH), is
part of the National Institutes of Health (NIH), the
principal biomedical and behavioral research agency
of the United States Government. NIH is a component
of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services.
Substance Abuse
and Mental Health Services Administration
SAMHSA is an Agency of the U.S. Department of Health
& Human Services. SAMHSA is the Federal agency
charged with improving the quality and availability
of prevention, treatment, and rehabilitative
services in order to reduce illness, death,
disability, and cost to society resulting from
substance abuse and mental illnesses.
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MISCELLANEOUS LINKS
WISQARS - (Web-based Injury Statistics Query
And Reporting System) is an interactive system that
provides customized injury-related mortality data
useful for research and for making informed public
health decisions.
National Injury Data Technical Assistance Center
charts of injury mortality trends for each state
with charts of the mechanism of suicide for two age
groups. Each chart contains a link that allows a
viewer to download a .pdf formatted MS Excel
workbook containing the data that generated the
chart and a high definition version of the chart
suitable for inclusion in a printed reproduction.
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