This nation-wide communications campaign is designed to change the story of mental health across the nation by urging all Americans to learn the five signs that someone might be in distress and need help: personality change, agitation, withdrawal, poor self-care, hopelessness. The launch was announced by the First Lady Michelle O’Bama in 2015 at Joining Forces, an effort providing support for service members, veterans, and their families.
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U.S. Census Bureau Profile America facts for features: American Indian and Alaskan Native Heritage Month: November 2015
This web page provides data on American Indians and Alaska Natives, including demographic and housing data.
Each Mind Matters: California’s Mental Health Movement
Information and personal stories on mental health and suicide prevention and links to resources and events, and a blog. The information and stories are relevant beyond California.
Oregon Healthy Teen Survey
Oregon Healthy Teen Survey results from 2001 to 2015 and Youth Risk Behavior Survey results from 1997 and 1999.
Faith.Hope.Life.
Faith.Hope.Life. is an initiative of the Faith Communities Task Force of the National Action Alliance for Suicide Prevention. It is an opportunity for every faith community in the United States, regardless of creed, to focus one Sabbath each year on the characteristics common to most faiths that also help prevent suicides.
Framework for Successful Messaging
This website can help individuals and organizations develop messages about suicide that are strategic, safe, and positive.
NVDRS: Stories from the frontlines of violent death surveillance
This report uses a storytelling approach to provide an overview of the National Violent Death Reporting System (NVDRS) and how it functions.
Zero Suicide website
This website contains information describing the Zero Suicide approach—the concept and practice; the Suicide Care in Systems Framework report; the Zero Suicide Toolkit; two online workshops; and links to receive updates about Zero Suicide and join the Zero Suicide Learning Collaborative.
IASP special interest group – Postvention (suicide bereavement)
This web page contains a number of postvention resources including a guide to starting a support group for survivors, and guides to survivor organizations and services around the world.
Know the signs
Know the Signs is a California-wide suicide prevention social marketing campaign built on three key messages: Know the signs. Find the words. Reach out. This campaign is intended to educate Californians how to recognize the warning signs of suicide, how to find the words to have a direct conversation with someone in crisis and where to find professional help and resources.
Developers of the Know the Signs campaign are available to provide support for those in other states wishing to use the campaign
Contact information: info@calmhsa.org
Evaluation of the efficacy of the campaign: http://calmhsa.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/RR-1134-CMHSA-final_pages.pdf
Confirmation that the Campaign is aligned with best practices in suicide prevention messaging: http://calmhsa.org/wp-content/uploads/2014/12/KTS-SP-Media-Campaign-is-Aligned-with-Best-Practices-2.pdf