Local and State Resources

The following websites help individuals address suicide prevention locally within their home states. Please click on the links below to find out more information on suicide prevention programs in your area.

• Suicide Prevention Resource Center
  
  SPRC offers information about suicide prevention efforts in each state. This includes state plans for suicide prevention, state suicide data, and crisis centers in each state.
  

• National Alliance on Mental Illness
  
  NAMI is a nonprofit organization whose members include consumers, family, and friends of people affected by mental illness. NAMI has local and state chapters to help address the needs of the community.
  

• American Association of Suicidology
  
  The AAS in an organization of mental and health professionals, researchers, suicide survivors, and many other people involved in the study of suicide as a means of prevention. The site is research oriented.
  

• National Strategy for Suicide Prevention
  
  This organization, funded by the CDC, SAMHSA, NIH, HRSA, and IHS, offers resources for state suicide prevention programs as well as listings of private organizations devoted to suicide prevention.
  

• Preventive Fact Sheet on Suicide
  
  This is a preventive fact sheet for Native American populations. It contains general information on risk facts and preventive steps.
  
  

• Healing of Nations
  
  The Healing of Nations organization provides information about suicide in the Native American community. The site discusses the psychology of suicide, warning signs, ways of coping, high-risk factors, and peer counseling.