Resource Types: Fact Sheet/Issue Brief

This fact sheet describes the extent of suicidal behavior among lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender youth, including thoughts of and planning for suicide, nonfatal suicide attempts, and suicide deaths. It also describes prevention implications and lists risk and protective factors.

This fact sheet describes the extent of suicidal behavior among youth in foster care, including thoughts of and planning for suicide, nonfatal suicide attempts, and suicide deaths. It also lists risk and protective factors.

This DAWN Report Data Spotlight features a chart showing that ED visits for drug-related suicide attempts by males peaked in young and middle adulthood 2004-2009.

This issue of The NSDUH Report focuses on the prevalence of past year major depressive episode (MDE) among college students and other young adults (part-time college students and those not currently enrolled in college) aged 18 to 22. The report compares the prevalence of MDE for these two groups by gender and race/ethnicity.

This brief document lists and describes risk and protective factors for suicide among women.  Being produced by a Canadian organization most of the data and resources are Canadian.

RESPECT-Mil is a treatment model designed by the United States Department of Defenses’ Deployment Health Clinical Center (DHCC) to screen, assess and treat active duty Soldiers with depression and/or PTSD, modeled after a program that’s proven effective in treating civilian patients with depression. The program uses the Three Component Model (3CM) of care, coordinating of primary care providers, care facilitators and behavioral health specialists serving of soldiers with behavioral health needs. Manuals geared toward each componant and training are among the resources provided 

This issue of The NSDUH Report presents estimates of serious suicidal thought, suicidal planning, and suicide attempts among those aged 18 or older in 33 metropolitan statistical areas (MSAs); comparisons are made between each MSA and the Nation as a whole.
The MSAs were selected based on a combination of the available data and the intent to get population representation and regional coverage in the Department of Health and Human Services regions. All estimates in this report are annual averages based on the combined 2008 to 2010 data.

This fact sheet introduces some of the behavioral health problems facing Veterans who have served in Afghanistan and Iraq, including substance abuse, post-traumatic stress disorder, depression, and suicide. It also discusses screening tools and interventionThis fact sheet introduces some of the behavioral health problems facing Veterans who have served in Afghanistan and Iraq, including substance abuse, post-traumatic stress disorder, depression, and suicide. It also discusses screening tools and interventionThis fact sheet introduces some of the behavioral health problems facing Veterans who have served in Afghanistan and Iraq, including substance abuse, post-traumatic stress disorder, depression, and suicide. It also discusses screening tools and interventionThis fact sheet introduces some of the behavioral health problems facing Veterans who have served in Afghanistan and Iraq, including substance abuse, post-traumatic stress disorder, depression, and suicide. It also discusses screening tools and intervention.This fact sheet introduces some of the behavioral health problems facing Veterans who have served in Afghanistan and Iraq, including substance abuse, post-traumatic stress disorder, depression, and suicide. It also discusses screening tools and intervention. This fact sheet introduces some of the behavioral health problems facing Veterans who have served in Afghanistan and Iraq, including substance abuse, post-traumatic stress disorder, depression, and suicide. It also discusses screening tools and interventiThis fact sheet introduces some of the behavioral health problems facing Veterans who have served in Afghanistan and Iraq, including substance abuse, post-traumatic stress disorder, depression, and suicide. It also discusses screening tools and intervention for health/mental health providers and includes a resource list

This brief sheet provides information for parents on suicide among high school students and how parents and high schools can help prevent it.

This fact sheet was adapted from Memorial activities at school: A list of “do’s” and “don’ts”.  While the original fact sheet discussed memorial activities after a suicide, in this revision, it was expanded to include other traumatic events with guidance to protect students against re-traumatization and contagion.