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Resources

Important Notices

Statistics

AFSP receives numerous requests for statistical information on suicide from the public. AFSP does not generate statistics on suicide, but we can refer you to some of our major sources for such data:

• The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, has information available on their site, and links to other sources for statistics as well. The CDC also has a public inquiry line at (404) 639-3534.
• The National Centers for Injury Prevention and Control also has a useful site.
• The World Health Organization offers statistical information on other countries as well the United States.

Suicide Prevention & Screening

• Visit the National Youth Violence Prevention Resource Center site for information on prevention and intervention programs, publications, research, and statistics on youth suicide.
• Find a free, anonymous depression screening site in your area, click here.
• This resource guide for youth suicide prevention programs has been put together by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Public Health Service, Centers for Disease Control, and the National Center for Injury Prevention and Control.

Clinical Information

• The Aeschi Working Group's website, Meeting the Suicidal Person: The Therapeutic Approach to the Suicidal Patient, is the result of four international meetings held from 2000-2006 that brought together a group of clinicians dedicated to improving the therapeutic relationship with suicidal individuals. The site offers guidelines for clinicians, findings from research, the guidelines the group produced and information about the next educational meeting in 2008.
• This article from the American Family Physician on the "Evaluation and Treatment of Patients with Suicidal Ideation" may be helpful.

Research Information

• Mental Health: A Report of the Surgeon General
  Commissioned by Health and Human Services Secretary Donna E. Shalala, Surgeon General David Satcher, M.D., released this five-hundred page document on Dec. 13, 1999. It provides an up-to-date review of scientific advances in the study of mental health and mental illness. Topics include depression, prevention, anxiety disorders, health insurance coverage and youth suicide. The report proposes actions to improve the quality of mental health in the nation, including further research, raising public awareness of effective treatment and ensuring the supply of mental health services, providers and state-of-the-art treatments.
• If you are looking for articles on various topics concerning suicide, please contact the Centre for Suicide Education (403-245-3900). SIEC is a special library and resource center providing article packages on specific topics on suicide and suicidal behavior.

Locating Measurement Instruments

If you are looking for a measurement instrument the best resource is Ovid's Health and Psychosocial Instruments (HaPI) computerized database (available in many public and university libraries), however, if you do not have access to these resources, some online help is listed below:

• The University of Pittsburgh also has a good overview of the resources available for locating psychological/psychiatric instruments.

Depression & Bipolar Disorder

• Find a free, anonymous depression screening site in your area.
• For more information on depression and bipolar disorder, recovery tools and over 1000 support groups nationwide, the Depression and Bipolar Support Alliance has a site that may be of interest.

AIDS

• Dr. Peter Selwyn, a survivor who spoke at our 1998 Survivors Conference on "Healing Through Writing" has an interesting book available on his experience as an AIDS doctor.
• For more information on AIDS and HIV, The Body provides useful information from a number of sources and maintains a large library for public use.
• Clinical trial and treatment information are also available online.

Directories & Services

• The Surgeon General's National Strategy for Suicide Prevention website.
• The Center for Mental Health Services (CMHS) Knowledge Exchange Network (KEN) provides information about mental health via a toll-free telephone number (1-800-789-2647), their website and more than 200 publications. CMHS developed KEN for users of mental health services and their families, the general public, policy makers, providers, and the media. KEN staff quickly direct callers to federal, state and local organizations dedicated to treating and preventing mental illness. KEN also has information on Federal grants, conferences, and other events. The Center for Mental Health Services is a component of Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration.
• The HealthLinks website is a free world-wide directory -- portal service for healthcare professionals and consumers to assist in locating medical and healthcare information, resources, services and practitioners on the web.