Resource Types: Manual

The recommendations in this manual detail how to safely memorialize someone who has died by suicide. These guidelines can be applied to online memorials and online messages about the deceased.

Lifelines postvention: Responding to suicide and other traumatic death is a 170-page manual with accompanying CD that provides a template for creating a school-based response to the death of a member of the school community by suicide or other traumatic means. The manual emphasizes the critical, but limited, role of the school in managing the effects of the death with a response that uses school resources, augmented by community support when necessary. The Lifelines postvention manual contains the following eight chapters:

• The Place to Begin: Defining the Problem, Identifying the Needs
• Starting at the Top: Administrative Frame of Reference
• The Key Players: The Crisis Response Team
• The Front Line: Faculty and Staff
• Bad News Travels Fast: Student Needs
• Concerned Parents: Helping Parents Help Their Kids
• Community Partners: You Are Not Alone
• Some Other Things to Think About

Lifelines postvention is based on the principles of crisis intervention and grief theory. It translates mental health concepts and research into practical action steps consistent with the culture and resources inherent in the school setting.

Objectives
Users of the manual will have the knowledge to:
1. Develop policies and procedures related to student suicide risk and responding to a suicide death.
2. Identify and train a school crisis team.
3. Develop connections with appropriate community resources.
4. Respond immediately if there is a death in the school community.

Implementation Essential
• While the manual can be used as a stand-alone resource for responding to a traumatic death, proactive coordination with appropriate school and community officials will enhance its utility.

2012 NSSP Objectives Addressed: 

Objective 10.4: Adopt, disseminate, implement, and evaluate guidelines for communities to respond effectively to suicide clusters and contagion within their cultural context, and support implementation with education, training, and consultation.

This guide will equip primary health care providers with questions to begin discussions with their patients about alcohol, illicit drug, and mental health problems, as well as co-occurring disorders. It also includes resources for patients who need an evaluation based on positive screening results

This monograph attempts to set out the basic framework for suicide prevention strategies. It provides details in formulating and evaluating suicide prevention programs. The public health approaches suggested offer a multilayer intervention model, which has been adopted by a number of developed countries for setting up national prevention strategies. However, there is no single solution in dealing with suicide in a heterogeneous environment. Suicide prevention programs need to be evaluated. Where there is not necessary evidence, novel approaches must be simultaneously implemented and rigorously evaluated.

This publication provides a framework for effective, multidisciplinary evaluation approaches, identifying appropriate issues and building capacity.

This manual provides tools, tactics and strategies for creating messaging with impact, compelling presentations and effective outreach. It also provides guidance for working with the media and online venues toward strengthening communications and advocacy in Indian Country

Police officers deal with twice as many suicides as they do homicides. This booklet looks at why suicides happen. It takes a behavioral health perspective because police are often involved with suicide related to mental illness. Jail suicide, suicide among police officers, and “suicide by cop” are also addressed. This material will be helpful to both new and experienced law enforcement personnel, especially if used as part of a mental health or crisis intervention training.

This booklet describes suicide, suicidal behavior, risk and protective factors as well as recommended community-based activities to mitigate risk.

This publication discusses the role of consumers and family members in preventing suicide. It explains how suicidality arises and how they can help. It also discusses the warning signs of suicide, the risk factors, and how suicidality and mental illness are linked as well as suggesting prevention measures.