Resource Types: Guidelines/Recommendations

This brief manual explores how media accounts can actually serve as a suicide prevention tool by: assisting news professionals to report responsibly and accurately; using a media request for information as an opportunity to influence the contents of the story; emphasizing the importance of listing available community resources for individuals at-risk and describing what is being done to promote safety for vulnerable individuals in the aftermath of a suicide; and warning against the aspects of news coverage that may promote copycat suicides.

The Joint Commission evaluates and accredits nearly 15,000 health care organizations and programs in the United States. From 2002, The Joint Commission approves annual sets of National Patient Safety Goals (NPSGs) with related specific requirements.

A how-to guide for advocates who want to improve the response to people with mental illness who are in contact with the criminal justice system. The guide is a joint effort among the Consensus Project, NAMI, the National Mental Health Association, the National Association of State Mental Health Program Directors, and the Bazelon Center for Mental Health Law.

These guidelines from Australia are intended to assist mental health staff to understand the characteristics of interpreted meetings and to develop the knowledge and skills that are necessary for working in partnership with interpreters.

This document summarizes federal (and California) activity to prevent student suicide and provides research-based guidance for district-, local-, and site-level suicide prevention programming with comprehensive involvement of school personnel.

This British work is designed to assist in the identification and management of suicide ‘hotspots’ or particular geographic areas and sites where suicides are likely to occur. It offers guidance on appropriate steps to improve safety and deter acts of suicide at those locations.

This resource provides guidance for counselors to understand suicide risk and prevention. It discusses the scope of the problem, assessment and management of suicidal behavior, special populations, risk and protective factors and hope to cope with the suicide of a client.

The booklet is part of a series addressed to specific social and professional groups that are particularly relevant to the prevention of suicide and released under the auspices of SUPRE, an IASP/WHO worldwide initiative for the prevention of suicide.

This resource provides guidance for employers, union officers, EAPs, personnel directors and workers toward the creation of a mentally healthy workforce. It discusses suicide and occupation, creating a supportive work environment, ensuring that help resources are in place, ways in which management and workers can assist a suicidal colleague and what to do in the event of a worker suicide.

The booklet is part of a series addressed to specific social and professional groups that are particularly relevant to the prevention of suicide and released under the auspices of SUPRE, an IASP/WHO worldwide initiative for the prevention of suicide.

Geared primarily toward principals, this guide lists specific procedures for coordinating a school’s response to a sudden death, suicide, or other critical incident. Annotated checklists for principals, supported by handouts for school staff, guide school actions to communicate information to various audiences, provide support and services if needed, and prevent contagion.