The Ask Suicide-Screening Questions tool is a brief (20-second) assessment that healthcare professionals can administer in a variety of settings (emergency department, inpatient medical unit, primary care clinics) to gauge suicide risk in patients. The toolkit website explains how to administer and respond to screening test results.

Part of SAMHSA’s Treatment Improvement Protocol (TIP) series, this manual provides best-practice guidelines for practitioners offering mental health and substance use disorder treatment services to individuals experiencing homelessness. It defines types of intervention and prevention, stages of recovery, and forms of treatment through discussion and vignettes, as well as a literature review.

This section of the website of the National Center for Posttraumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) is for professional researchers, mental health treatment practitioners, and others who focus in their work on helping people cope with trauma. The website brings together free, in-depth continuing education courses with topics ranging from PTSD in older adulthood to cross-cultural considerations to suicidality to resilience.

This program equips army communities to prevent suicide, successfully intervene to help community members experiencing suicidal thoughts or planning, and support community members grieving the loss of someone to suicide. The program website identifies and links to resources for soldiers in crisis; training resources for an intervention model called Ask, Care, Escort (ACE); and articles, podcasts, and other resources about building resilience.

This guide provides suicide facts and figures, information on the role of first responders in suicide prevention, and information on helping someone who is suicidal. It offers information that may be helpful to managers of first responders as they plan, implement, and assess training and programs to prepare responders to work with individuals experiencing suicidality or scenes in which a suicide has been completed.

ASIST is a 2-day training program that teaches participants how to assist those at risk for suicide. Although many healthcare professionals use ASIST, anyone 16 years or older can use the approach, regardless of professional background. ASIST workshops cost money to attend, with cost varying by training site.

This report outlines a national strategy to guide suicide prevention actions. It includes goals and objectives across four strategic directions: (1) wellness and empowerment, (2) prevention services, (3) treatment and support services, and (4) surveillance, research, and evaluation.

This web page offers a checklist to identify the signs and symptoms of stress and depression. It also presents ways to refer a person for help.

This tip sheet discusses the mental health effects of drought on rural populations, how to recognize stress and depression, and suicide warning signs.

The 988 Suicide & Crisis Lifeline, available by simply dialing 988, is a 24-hour, toll-free, confidential suicide prevention helpline available to anyone in suicidal crisis or emotional distress. When someone calls the helpline, his or her call is routed to the nearest crisis center. The Lifeline’s national network, consisting of more than 250 local crisis centers, provides crisis counseling and mental health referrals day and night.

People who are lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, queer, questioning, or part of other sexual orientation or gender identity minority groups (LGBTQ+) may be at heightened risk for suicide and other mental health struggles, which can be made worse by a disaster. The Lifeline provides access to crisis counselors 24/7 to anyone who needs support. This page lists resources for anyone who is LGBTQ+ or knows someone in the LGBTQ+ community.

The American Association of Suicidology maintains a collection of online toolkits and briefs that cover a breadth of topics related to suicide. Materials cover topics such as engaging the media as a partner in prevention, suicide prevention for the military, crisis support for people with autism, and tools for survivors.

This guide outlines the American Foundation for Suicide Prevention’s work in fiscal year (FY) 2023 in areas including communications and awareness, programs, and research. The guide includes links to information and opportunities to engage in awareness activities and trainings.

The Edinburgh Postnatal Depression Scale is a 10-question screening tool to identify if a parent is suffering from depression, anxiety, or thoughts of harming themselves. This questionnaire should be conducted and scored by a health professional. This website from Perinatal Services British Columbia includes a scoring guide and questionnaires in 14 different languages.

This web page includes resources and information on suicide prevention can be used by researchers, healthcare professionals, and consumers. This page presents sources of help for someone in immediate crisis, signs and symptoms of suicidality, risk factors, and information about research on suicide, as well as links to related resources.

This website provides an overview of suicide in American Indian and Alaska Native (AI/AN) communities and presents information and resources for providers, patients, and people interested in helping prevent suicide and promote behavioral health among AI/AN communities.

Know the Signs is a California campaign to make the public aware of warning signs of suicide, ways to offer help, and available resources. There are resources that can be adapted by other organizations for awareness campaigns.

This guide provides suicide facts and figures, information on the role of first responders in suicide prevention, and information on helping someone who is suicidal. It offers information that may be helpful to managers of first responders as they plan, implement, and assess training and programs to prepare responders to work with individuals experiencing suicidality or scenes in which a suicide has been completed.

Led by experts associated with the American Foundation for Suicide Prevention, Project 2025 aims to lower the annual rate of suicide by 20 percent by 2025. On its website, the program offers resources in its four areas for intervention: firearms, healthcare systems, emergency departments, and corrections systems. Links to related resources from other organizations are also provided.

This mobile app provides health professionals with information and tools to identify and assess a patient at risk of suicide. It also offers communication tips and resources for treatment and other support to which health professionals can refer patients.

This website features several Patient Health Questionnaire (PHQ) screeners, including the PHQ-9, a widely used scale to assess for depression that also asks about suicidal thoughts. This tool is often used in primary care settings. An instruction manual available for download from the website presents recommended follow-up based on various types of responses to the PHQ.

This series of videos covers topics in suicide prevention that are presented by leaders in the field. Lasting no more than 6 minutes, each video touches on a key idea in preventing suicide and emotional distress.

This page from the American Psychological Association has resources for caregivers, those experiencing suicidal thoughts, and behavioral health professionals. The page features blog posts, news stories, podcasts, and other resources.

The mission of Suicide Awareness Voices of Education is to prevent suicide through public awareness and education, and to serve as a resource to those touched by suicide.

Organized by suicide prevention organizations, Suicide Prevention Now provides a report on a poll reviewing the public’s beliefs and attitudes about suicide and mental health. The website provides key messages and tools that people can use to support and communicate about suicide prevention.