Resource Types: Fact Sheet/Issue Brief

The following data brief summarizes the burden of suicide in Texas and demonstrates which populations are at greatest risk

This web page includes the yearly U.S.A. Suicide: Official Final Data sheets compiled by John L. Mcintosh from 1987-present as well as sheets presenting state, regional, divisional and health suicide data for various years. Additional data are provided for some years indicating suicide trends, means, sex, and racial/ethnic. 

The American Association of Suicidology also publishes these fact sheets for years beginning in 2011 as well as for specific populations from other sources. http://www.suicidology.org/resources/facts-statistics

This information brief introduces prevention practitioners to the positive youth development framework as an effective approach to preventing alcohol abuse and suicide among Native youth. Prevention practitioners working in Indian Country can use this resource to inform their prevention planning and guide their selection of effective prevention interventions.

Note that some links in this document are dead. These include links to NREPP programs and SAMHSA’s TTA Center. For the TTA center replace “beta” with “www”; for others, search by the program title.   

This NCHS Health E-Stat examines suicide rates and methods among young adults aged 18–24, by sex and race and Hispanic origin, using recent mortality data from the National Vital Statistics System (NVSS). Data are depicted in graphs according to sex and race/ethnicity as well as method.

This bar chart shows the age-adjusted suicide rate from 2004 to 2013 increased in all county urbanization categories, with the smallest increase (7%) in large central metropolitan counties and the largest increases in small metropolitan, town/city (micropolitan) and rural counties (approximately 20% in each). For both years, suicide rates were increasingly higher as counties became less urbanized. For 2013, the age-adjusted suicide rate in rural counties was 1.7 times the rate for large central metropolitan counties (17.6 compared with 10.3 deaths per 100,000).

This short document reports utilizes 2014 National Survey on Drug Use and Health (NSDUH) data to report on past year inpatient, outpatient, and prescription medication services use or a combination among young adults aged 18 to 25.

Peer support staff are individuals in recovery from a mental illness and/or substance use disorder who have leveraged their lived experience to assist others in recovery. One challenge peer support staff may face on the job is a lack of acceptance and underlying stigma from their colleagues. This document provides guidance for how to reduce these negative attitudes and effectively integrate peer support staff into organizations.

Peer support staff are individuals in recovery from a mental illness and/or substance use disorder who have leveraged their lived experience to assist others in recovery. This resource describes specific services that peer support staff may offer in behavioral health organizations and provides guidance on how organizations can use peer support staff to improve care delivery.