This week involved a lot of heartbreaking suicide-related news. We tragically lost Kate Spade and Anthony Bourdain to suicide. We also learned that U.S. suicide rates increased substantially over the past several years. If you want to learn and do more to prevent suicide, we want to help you out by linking to some good sources. We hope you find them useful.
If you need help:
National Suicide Prevention Lifeline
The Trevor Project (for LGTBQ+ youth)
Find a Support Group for People Who Have Lost Someone to Suicide
Listen to a Hopeful Music Playlist Made by College Students
Research-Supported Treatments for Adults
Research-Supported Treatments for Children
Feeling Good: The New Mood Therapy by David Burns
How to help others:
How to Help Someone Who is Suicidal
Take a Mental Health First Aid Training Course
Get involved:
Participate in an Out of Darkness Community Walk
For information:
Suicide Prevention Social Media Chat
Live Through This Photo Project
Wil Wheaton Essay about Mental Health
Rudy Caseres, Mental Health Advocate
Robert Vore, Mental Health Advocate
Why People Die by Suicide by Thomas Joiner
Myths about Suicide by Thomas Joiner
Guns and Suicide by Michael Anestis
Cracked Not Broken by Kevin Hines
Speaking of Suicide by Stacey Freedenthal
