For States/Government
The Surgeon General's Call to Action to Prevent Suicide [PDF 1.4MB]
Department of Health and Human Services
Suicide Prevention Efforts for Individuals with Serious Mental Illness: Roles for the State Mental Health
Authority [PDF 503KB]
National Association of State Mental Health Program Directors
Preventing Youth Suicide in Rural America: Recommendations to States
Anara Guard, Deputy Director, Suicide Prevention Resource Center (SPRC), Dennis Mohatt, Director, Western Interstate Commission for Higher Education (WICHE) Mental Health Program and Mark LoMurray, Project Director, North Dakota Adolescent Suicide Prevention Project
January 16, 2009
Understanding US Suicide Trends, 1985-2004
Cathy Barber, MPA, Co-Director of the National Violent Injury Statistics System (NVISS) at the Harvard Injury Control Research Center
June 19, 2007
Sustainability
Deborah Haber, Director of the Center for Mental Health Promotion and Youth Violence Prevention and Alan Holmlund, Suicide Coordinator for Massachusetts Department of Public Health.
March 29, 2007
Suicide Prevention: Restricting Access to Lethal Means
Dr. Matthew Miller, Harvard Injury Control Research Center
March 23, 2006
Incorporating Suicide Attempt Survivors in State & Local Suicide Prevention Efforts
Dr. DeQuincy Lezine, University of Rochester and OASSIS (Organization for Attempters and Survivors of Suicide in Interfaith Services)
January 26, 2006
USAF Suicide Prevention Program: Lessons for public health prevention in non-military ("normal") communities
David A. Litts, OD, FAAO, Suicide Prevention Resource Center
August 2, 2004


