Fact Sheet/Issue Brief – Page 6 – Suicide Prevention Resource Center

Surveillance success stories – White Mountain Apache Tribe (WMAT)

A Tribal Council mandate required all medical, school, and social service personnel, as well as first responders, to report all observed or documented suicidal ideation, attempts, and deaths to the Celebrating Life Task Force. Based on this rich data, the task force identified those under 25 as most at risk for suicide deaths and nonfatal attempts, and planned targeted interventions.

This story is part of SPRC’s Surveillance Success Story Series, which describes how states, tribes, and health systems access and analyze data on suicide deaths and attempts, and use data to inform evaluation and program planning.

Regional behavioral health authorities youth suicide prevention grant contacts

This map provides contact information for behavioral health authorities managing youth suicide prevention grants both statewide and for each of six regions in Nebraska.

Kansas Data and Statistics

A compilation of suicide data and statistics for the state of Kansas mainly focused on the years 2012 to 2014.

Substance use and suicide: A nexus requiring a public health approach

Substance use is linked to a substantial number of suicides and attempts. The brief provides state and tribal prevention professionals with information on the scope of the problem, an understanding of traditional barriers to collaboration and current programming and ways to work with behavioral health professionals to develop a cohesive strategy within a public health framework to reduce suicidal behaviors and suicide.

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Surveillance success stories – Vermont

In 2014, Vermont’s Service Members, Veterans and Their Families Workgroup initiated a request to gather information on suicides among veterans. As part of the response, members of the Vermont Suicide Prevention Data Group (Data Group) conducted an analysis of suicides, both among veterans and among Vermont residents who had received services from state-funded mental health and substance abuse agencies. The Data Group found that these data indicated that expanding the current GLS funding to include suicide prevention across the lifespan was warranted, and made a case for such expansion to key constituents.

Surveillance success stories – Ohio

Working with partners at Ohio State University, state policy analysts, and community members, the Ohio Department of Mental Health and Addiction Services (OhioMHAS) examined suicide deaths among patients in the state’s mental health system. These data identified service use patterns and other characteristics associated with suicide decedents and funding has been allocated to target prevention strategies.

Don’t do it alone: A school system rises to the challenge of three student suicides

Larry Berkowitz, EdD, director of Riverside Trauma Center, discusses developing a school postvention response by sharing an example about a large suburban school system. The school system’s postvention plan helped them respond with care and consistency to the deaths of three students in one school year, and implement a planning process that drew on community resources to meet both immediate and long-term needs.

The moment I felt hope: A suicide attempt survivor reflects on strengths and weaknesses in suicide care

In this interview transcript, Diana Cortez, a suicide prevention advocate, shares her personal story with the hope of improving the interaction between health care providers and patients. This resource is associated with the From the Field, The moment I felt hope.

Becoming better listeners: One health care organization’s experience of committing to the Zero Suicide approach

In this interview transcript, Kim Walton, chief clinical officer for behavioral health at Community Health Network (CHN) in Indiana talks about CHN’s system-wide Zero Suicide Initiative. This resource is associated with the From the Field, Becoming better listeners.