General Information
Facts
Understanding and Preventing Suicide Master PowerPoint Training Template. This training covers multiple special topics in suicide prevention. The information is not intended to be presented all within one session; rather, trainers are encouraged to cut and paste slides as needed in order to best serve the educational needs of one's target audience. Additionally, these slides are rich with text. Trainers should decide what information should remain on the slide presentation and what should be conveyed verbally. [PDF 408KB] or [PPT 862KB].
- Risk Factors, Protective Factors, and Warning Signs - Easy to Read [PDF 24KB]
- Statewide Office of Suicide Prevention - How do you Remember the Warning Signs of Suicide? [PDF 116KB]
- American Association of Suicidology - Risk and Protective Factors for Suicide [PDF 47KB]
- Suicide Prevention Resource Center - Baker Act Information and Training
- National Institute of Mental Health Depression Booklet [PDF 274KB]
- Suicide Prevention Research Center Finding Data on Suicidal Behavior [PDF 132KB]
Youth Suicide Prevention
Florida's Center for the Advancement of Child Welfare Practice presents a web video and PowerPoint presentation "Youth Suicide Prevention Basics" featuring Stephen Roggenbaum, Assistant in Research at the University of South Florida. This video provides information on basic suicidology, debunks common myths, prevention techniques, warning signs and what you can do to help.Means Matter - Suicide, Guns, and Public Health
Most efforts to prevent suicide focus on why people take their lives. But as we understand more about who attempts suicide and when and where and why, it becomes increasingly clear that how a person attempts--the means they use--plays a key role in whether they live or die. "Means reduction" (reducing the odds that an attempter will use highly lethal means) is an important part of a comprehensive approach to suicide prevention.
How To Help
- Menu of Suicide Prevention Actions [PDF 33KB]
The Florida Statewide Office of Suicide Prevention, the Suicide Prevention Coordinating Council, and other stakeholders brainstormed activities to move the Florida Suicide Prevention Strategy into ongoing community action. There now exists a menu of actions that people can use to determine how they can get involved in suicide prevention. - Understanding and Helping the Suicidal Person [PDF 23KB]
- American Association of Suicidology - Counseling Suicidal Callers: A Step by Step Quick Reference Guide [PDF 25KB]
Where To Go
- Florida Suicide Prevention Resource Directory
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NAMI In Our Own Voice: General Information [PDF 70KB]
A one-and-a-half hour interactive, multimedia presentation by consumers that offers hope and provides insight into the recovery now possible for people with mental illness.
