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What’s the Big Idea?
Thinking Critically About Suicide and Suicide Prevention

Resources

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We Wish You Well: Calogero’s Guide to Preventing Suicide

Pennsylvania Mental Health Procedures Act

Sam Dylan Finch’s Twitter thread on calling law enforcement on a suicidal person

Conversations Matter: When Someone Is Thinking About Suicide

The Suicide Chat Listserv

Counseling on Access to Lethal Means (CALM) Training

Means Matter

I Hurt Myself Today: A Self-Injury Resource

The American Association of Suicidology

The Suicide Prevention Resource Center

Suicide ‘n’ Stuff

Critical Suicidology: Transforming Suicide Research and Prevention for the 21st Century 

Care Work: Dreaming Disability Justice

The Need for Suicide Risk & Intervention Coursework in Graduate Clinical Programs (Issue Brief)

Hegemonic Sanity and Suicide

How “Safe Messaging” Gaslights Suicidal People

 

References

Aging In Place. (2020, November). Elderly suicide: The risks, detection, and how to help. https://aginginplace.org/elderly-suicide-risks-detection-how-to-help/

Boyas, J. F., Kim, Y. J., Villarreal-Otálora, T., & Sink, J. K. (2019). Suicide ideation among Latinx adolescents: Examining the role of parental monitoring and intrinsic religiosity. Children and Youth Services Review, 102, 177-185. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.childyouth.2019.04.026

Brooks, J. R., Hong, J. H., Cheref, S., & Walker, R. L. (2020, July 28). Capability for suicide: Discrimination as a painful and provocative event. Suicide and Life-Threatening Behavior, 00, 1-8. https://doi.org/10.1111/sltb.12671

CDC Vital Signs. (2018, June). Suicide rising across the US: More than a mental health concern. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. https://www.cdc.gov/vitalsigns/pdf/vs-0618-suicide-H.pdf

Dastagir, A. (2019, June 21). Suicide rate for Native American women is up 139%. USA TODAY. https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2019/06/21/suicide-rate-native-american-indian-women-men-since-1999/1524007001/

Galvin, G. (2020, January 27). Study: Higher poverty tied to increased youth suicide risk. U.S. News. https://www.usnews.com/news/healthiest-communities/articles/2020-01-27/higher-poverty-tied-to-increased-youth-suicide-risk-study-shows

Herman, J. L., Brown, N. T., & Haas, A. P. (2019, September). Suicide thoughts and attempts among transgender adults: Findings from the 2015 U.S. transgender survey. The Williams Institute. https://williamsinstitute.law.ucla.edu/wp-content/uploads/Suicidality-Transgender-Sep-2019.pdf

Scott, B., & Leeds, S. (2020, July 24). Thoughts of suicide, other mental health struggles still high for LGBTQ youth. NPR. https://www.npr.org/sections/health-shots/2020/07/24/893869207/thoughts-of-suicide-other-mental-health-struggles-still-high-for-lgbtq-youth

Stone, D. M., Simon, T. R., Fowler, K. A., Kegler, S. R., Yuan, K., Holland, K. M., Ivey-Stephenson, A. Z., & Crosby, A. E. (2018). Vital Signs:Trends in state suicide rates — United States, 1999–2016 and circumstances contributing to suicide — 27 states, 2015. MMWR. Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report, 67(22), 617-624. https://doi.org/10.15585/mmwr.mm6722a1

Suicide Prevention Resource Center. (n.d.). Suicide and Bullying [issue brief]. http://www.sprc.org/sites/default/files/migrate/library/Suicide_Bullying_Issue_Brief.pdf

The Trevor Project. (2020). The Trevor Project national survey on LGBTQ youth mental health 2020. https://www.thetrevorproject.org/survey-2020/

Walker, R. (2020, January 17). Black kids and suicide: Why are rates so high, and so ignored? The Conversation. https://theconversation.com/black-kids-and-suicide-why-are-rates-so-high-and-so-ignored-127066

Walker, R., Francis, D., Brody, G., Simons, R., Cutrona, C., & Gibbons, F. (2017, February), A longitudinal study of racial discrimination and risk for death ideation in African American youth. Suicide & Life-Threatening Behavior, 47(1), 86-102. https://doi.org/10.1111/sltb.12251

 

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You can reach the 988 Suicide & Crisis Lifeline by dialing 988. Trans Lifeline is at 877-565-8860 (U.S.) or 877-330-6366 (Canada). The Trevor Project is at 866-488-7386. If you’d like to talk to a peer, warmline.org contains links to warmlines in every state. If you’re not in the U.S., click here for a link to crisis centers around the world. If you don’t like talking on the phone, you can reach the Crisis Text Line by texting HOME to 741-741.

NOTE: Many of these resources utilize restrictive interventions, like active rescues (wellness or welfare checks) involving law enforcement or emergency services. If this is a concern for you, you can ask if this is a possibility at any point in your conversation. Trans Lifeline does not implement restrictive interventions for suicidal people without express consent. A warmline is also less likely to do this, but you may want to double-check their policies.

Live Through This is dedicated to the lives of so many friends and family members lost to suicide over the years. If you would like to add the name of a loved one to this list, please email me.
Live Through This is dedicated to the lives of so many friends and family members lost to suicide over the years. If you would like to add the name of a loved one to this list, please email me.