Resources
for Parents & Students
American
Foundation for Suicide Prevention (www.asfp.org/)
National
Survivors of Suicide Day – The American foundation for Suicide
Prevention (AFSP) will host its annual National Survivors of Suicide
Day Teleconference on November 23, 2002 throughout the country.
Go to (www.afsp.org/survivor/conference.htm) to read about
last year’s conference.
AFSP has put together a list of Support Groups throughout the
country. Find a group in your area (www.afsp.org/survivor/groups.htm)
AFSP has compiled a bibliography on suicide and surviving.
(www.afsp.org/about/biblio.htm)
General Information for Survivors from AFSP (www.afsp.prg/survivor/information.htm)
Bereavement Information Pack (www.rcpsych.ac.uk/publications/gaskell/berav/index.htm)
from England’s Royal College of Psychiatrists
Crisis Hotlines
1-888-Suicide
Youth Crisis Line 1-800-999-9999
Trevor Project (for gay, lesbian, transsexual, bisexual youths)
1-800-850-8078
National Support for Survivors of suicide – Friends for Survival,
Inc. 1-916-392-0664
Suicide Prevention and Screening
Visit
the National Youth Violence Prevention Resource Center
(http://www.safeyouth.org/topics/suicide.htm)
site for information on prevention and intervention programs,
publications, research, and statistics on youth suicide.
Education
Update received the above information from the American Foundation
for Suicide Prevention (AFSP). For more information go to www.afsp.org.
Education
Update, Inc., P.O. Box 20005, New York, NY 10001.
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