Suicide & Self-Harm Prevention
Discover resources focused on preventing suicide and self-harm, including helplines, support groups, and intervention strategies.
Suicide & Self-Harm Prevention
National Suicide Prevention Lifeline
We can all help prevent suicide. The Lifeline provides 24/7, free and confidential support for people in distress, prevention and crisis resources for you or your loved ones, and best practices for professionals.
Active Minds
Active Minds mobilizes youth and young adults to lead a transformative movement in mental health, forever changing how it is valued and prioritized in society. By equipping, connecting, and amplifying the collective and diverse voices of youth and young adults, we are building a movement of lasting champions who are improving mental health norms for all.
American Foundation for Suicide Prevention
Find resources for suicide prevention for you or someone you know. We also provide additional resources supporting diverse communities, the LGBTQ community, the military, and suicide loss survivors.
The Jed Foundation
JED empowers teens and young adults by building resiliency and life skills, promoting social connectedness, and encouraging help-seeking and help-giving behaviors through our nationally recognized programs, digital channels, and partnerships, as well as through the media. We mobilize communities by providing education, training, and tools to families, friends, media, and others.
Jordan Porco Foundation
The Jordan Porco Foundation is committed to preventing suicide in the high school, college, and college entry student population. Through awareness, education, and innovative programming, JPF is challenging stigma around mental health and help-seeking, creating open conversations about the prevalence of suicide and mental health issues in the young adult population, and saving lives.
National Alliance of Mental Health Illness
The National Alliance on Mental Illness (NAMI) is the nation’s largest grassroots mental health organization dedicated to building better lives for the millions of Americans affected by mental illness. Today, we are an alliance of more than 600 local Affiliates and 49 State Organizations who work in your community to raise awareness and provide support and education that was not previously available to those in need.
The Quell Foundation
The Quell Foundation, a champion for turning advocacy into measurable change, is committed to building a world where the stigma of mental illness is eradicated, and mental health support and treatment are normalized, boldly embraced, and universally accessible. We work to accomplish this by encouraging people to share their stories, increasing access to mental health services, providing a pipeline of future mental health care professionals with scholarships, and training first responders to recognize mental health crisis warning signs amongst their own.
SAMHSA Suicide Prevention Resource Center
SPRC advances suicide prevention infrastructure and capacity building through:
Consultation, training, and resources to enhance suicide prevention efforts in states, Native settings, colleges and universities, health systems and other settings, and organizations that serve populations at risk for suicide.
International Association for Suicide Prevention
IASP’s mission is to prevent suicide and suicidal behaviour, to alleviate its effects, and to provide a forum for academics, mental health professionals, crisis workers, volunteers, and lived experience.
The Trevor Project
The Trevor Project is the leading national organization providing crisis intervention and suicide prevention services to lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, queer & questioning youth.
HelpGuide
Do you want to stop hurting yourself? Learn about self-injury and how you can feel better without harming yourself.
To Write Love on Her Arms
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 invest directly into treatment and recovery.
Mental Health America
Mental Health America (MHA)’s work is driven by its commitment to promote mental health as a critical part of overall wellness, including prevention services for all; early identification and intervention for those at risk; integrated care, services, and supports for those who need them; with recovery as the goal.
Suicide Awareness Voices of Education
In August 1989, three Minneapolis couples joined together with a common cause. Each had lost a child to suicide. Together, they created SAVE to educate the public about suicide prevention and to serve as a resource and voice for suicide loss survivors. Now, for 36 years, SAVE has been a leading national organization working to prevent suicide.
Centre for Suicide Prevention
We educate to save lives through suicide prevention by equipping people with the knowledge and skills to respond to those considering suicide.
Featured Resource of the Month
American Foundation for Suicide Prevention
Mission:
Established in 1987, the American Foundation for Suicide Prevention (AFSP) is a voluntary health organization that gives those affected by suicide a nationwide community empowered by research, education and advocacy to take action against this leading cause of death.
Key Activities:
nationwide awareness campaigns, national events, support resources, advocacy, research
