Links to Other Suicide Prevention Resources
Network of Care - For a list of available mental health services by county, please visit the Network of Care web site.
- Fact Sheets
- Mental Health & Consumer Organizations
- National Suicide Prevention Organizations
- Online Information, Screening and Help
- Resources for Youth, Parents, and Schools
- Statistics (State and National Data)
- Survivor Support Groups
- Training and Education
Links to organizations located in Missouri are in bold.
HOTLINES:
Access Crisis Intervention (ACI) Hotlines - Toll-free ACI Hotline numbers.
Betsoff (Statewide) - Problem Gambler’s Hotline: 1-888-BETSOFF (1-888-238-7633).
Boys Town National Hotline - Offers a 24 hour Nationwide hotline providing short-term counseling and crisis intervention to children and families experiencing any type of difficulty in their lives: 1-800-448-3000
Copline - A national hotline ran by retired law enforcement officers for active officers and their families: 1-800-COPLINE
Covenant House Nineline - Provides crisis intervention, referral and information services to homeless, runaway and other troubled youth and their families through a confidential national hotline: 1-800-999-9999.
Deafline Missouri (Statewide) - A crisis hotline for Deaf and Hard of hearing individuals: 1-888-380-DEAF (3323) (Voice/TTY)
Friendship Line - The Center for Elderly Suicide Prevention and Grief Counseling offers the only nation-wide toll free number offering telephone support to depressed, isolated, abused, and/or suicidal older adults. 1-800-971-0016.
National Hopeline Network - 1-800-442-HOPE (4673)
Kids Under Twenty One (KUTO) (St. Louis) - Offers a youth crisis Helpline, 314-644-KUTO (5886), or toll free 1-888-644-5886, staffed entirely by trained youth volunteers everyday 4p - 10p, and until midnight on Fridays and Saturdays.
Life Crisis Services (St. Louis area): Call 314-647-HELP
Mid-Missouri Crisis Line (Central Missouri) - (573) 445-5035 or toll free at (800) 445-5035
National Graduate Student Crisis Line - Call 1-877-GRAD-HLP (1-877-4723-475)
National Suicide Prevention Lifeline - Calls to the Lifeline are routed to the closest possible crisis center to provide immediate assistance. Call for yourself, or someone you care about: 1-800-273-TALK (8255)
Poison Control Center 1-800-222-1222
Rainbow Youth Hotline (Statewide) Call 1-877-LGBT-YTH, (1-877-542-8984) - 24 hours Missouri hotline for youth between 15 and 24 who are struggling with suicide, depression, sexual orientation, gender identity and other issues. Others who are interested in supporting LGBTQ youth, such as parents, teachers, counselors, and friends are also encouraged to call.
The Trevor Helpline – Offers a national 24-hour, toll-free suicide prevention hotline aimed at gay and questioning youth: 1-866-4U-TREVOR
Youth America Hotline - YAH is the first and only toll free, national peer to peer hotline network linking callers to local community based peer counseling hotlines: 1-877-YOUTHLINE (968-8454)
Fact Sheets:
Firearms and Suicide - From the American Bar Association.
Preventing Suicide: Individual Acts Create a Public Health Crisis - Center for the Advancement of Health
Suicide: Adolescents & Young Adults - From the National Adolescent Health Information Center.
Suicide Prevention Fact Sheet - National Center for Injury Prevention.
Teen Suicide (AACAP Facts for Families #10) - From the American Academy of Child & Adolescent Psychiatry.
Mental Health & Consumer Organizations:
Depression and Bipolar Support Alliance - Includes a sample "Plan for Life".
Mental Health Association of the Heartland
Missouri Coalition of Community Mental Health Centers (Statewide)
National Institute of Mental Health
National Alliance for the Mentally Ill (NAMI)
National Mental Health Awareness Campaign
National Organizations (Advocacy, Education, Research, etc.):
American Association of Suicidology
American Foundation for Suicide Prevention
Kristin Brooks Hope Center - Operates the National Hopeline Network.
International Association for Suicide Prevention (IASP)
National Organization for People of Color to Prevent Suicide
National Strategy for Suicide Prevention
SAVE - Suicide Awareness Voices of Education - SAVE educates individuals about depression and suicide. Leaders in education and advocacy.
Suicide Information and Education Center (SIEC), suicide information resource center and library. SIEC holds the world's largest English language collection on suicidal behaviors, containing more than 26,000 print and audio/visual materials covering all aspects of suicidal behavior.
Suicide Prevention Action Network (SPAN USA) - Dedicated to preventing suicide through personal and community action grounded in best practices and collaboration.
Suicide Prevention Resource Center (SPRC) - Provides technical assistance, training, and information in order to strengthen prevention networks and advance the National Strategy.
Surgeon General's Call to Prevent Suicide, July 1999
Violence and Injury Prevention Program - From the Department of Aging and Mental Health, University of South Florida.
The World Health Organization - Offers international data and research summaries.
Online Information, Screening and Help:
Befrienders International/Samaritans - An online resource that gives support through e-mail and offers a directory of local crisis helplines.
MayoClinic.com - Take the depression self-assessment and create a personal depression manager.
Screening for Mental Health - Resources include the SOS Suicide Prevention Program and the Mental Health Self-Assessment Program for military service memebrs and their families.
Resources for Youth, Parents, and Schools:
CHADS Coalition for Mental Health (St. Louis) - Community Healing Adolescent Depression and Suicide (CHADS)
Dead Serious... About Life - A musical drama aimed at youth groups
Go Ask Alice! - A question and answer internet service for college and high school students provided by Columbia University
In the Mix - Depression: On The Edge - PBS television special
The Jason Foundation - National group offering the "Promise for Tomorrow" program
The Jed Foundation - Provides a number of useful mental health screening tools and relevant information for potentially at-risk young adults.
Missouri Department of Elementary and Secondary Education (Statewide) - Offers prevention training to school personnel
National Youth Violence Prevention Resource Center
Not My Kid - Resources for parents
ParentLink (Statewide) - Has a toll-free "WarmLine" for parents and professionals to help answer any parenting questions or concerns. Toll-free #'s are 1-800-552-8522 or En Espanol 1-888-460-0008.
Suicide Prevention in Higher Education (Statewide) - Partners in Prevention, a statewide coalition focused on the prevention needs of Missouri college students
Team Up to Save Lives - Interactive CD-ROM for school personnel
Teen A.N.S.W.E.R. (Kansas City metro area)
TeenScreen® Program - From Columbia University
With One Voice - Musical drama for youth
Yellow Ribbon Suicide Prevention Program
Youth-Nominated Support Team (YST)
Youth Suicide Prevention Programs: A Resource Guide
Statistics (State and National Data):
Fast Stats - National Center for Health Statistics
Visit the following links from DHSS to customize state death tables (Local and statewide):
Missouri's Child Fatality Review Program (CFRP) (Statewide)
WISQARS™ (Web-based Injury Statistics Query and Reporting System)
Youth Risk Behavior Surveillance System (YRBSS)
Survivor Support Groups:
AAS Support Group Page - Search for support groups in the United States
AFSP Missouri Survivor Group Page (Statewide) - List of known support groups in Missouri.
Compassionate Friends - Offers grief support for families following the death of a child of any age.
Grief Share Recovery Support Group - Search for a group near you.
Living With Suicide - Shared experiences and voices of loss.
Suicide Awareness Survivor Support (the Kansas City area)
The Link's National Resource Center for Suicide Prevention and Aftercare
Unmasking Suicide (St. Louis)
Training and Education:
Applied Suicide Intervention Skills Training (ASIST) - From Living Works Education.
EndingSuicide.com - Provides online education for health professionals
Missouri Regional Resource Centers (statewide)
National Center for Suicide Prevention Training - NCSPT provides educational resources to help public officials, service providers, and community-based coalitions develop effective suicide prevention programs and policies.
QPR Institute - The web site includes a free downloadable version of the book "Suicide: The Forever Decision."
Miscellaneous Resources:
A Message on Suicide Prevention - Booklet published by the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America.
Clinician Survivor Task Force - Therapists as survivors of patient suicide.
Healthy Communities Suicide Prevention Task Force - Located in St. Charles, Missouri
Jail Suicide/Mental Health Update - Issues available on-line.
Law Enforcement Wellness Associates - Provides training in suicide prevention.
National P.O.L.I.C.E. Suicide Foundation
Reporting on Suicide: Recommendations for the Media
The Silent Epidemic - PBS television special.
U. S. Air Force Suicide Prevention Program
U. S.
Army Suicide Prevention Manual
Other Possible Personal Resources Include:
- Personal Physician or Nurse
- Family, Friends, and/or Co-workers
- Employee Assistance Programs
- Clergy
- School counselor, psychologist, social worker, or nurse
- Teachers
You can also look in the front of the phone book, or dial "0" and ask the operator for any of the following:
- suicide prevention
- crisis intervention
- hotlines - crisis or suicide
- community crisis center
- county mental health center
- hospital mental health clinic
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