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Disaster Behavioral Health Information Series Resource Center
The SAMHSA Disaster Technical Assistance Center (DTAC) provides various resources and useful information for those in the disaster behavioral health field.
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Did you know you can download your search results? Simply apply search filters and then click on the Download Filtered Resources link to obtain a .csv file with the resources you have found, including each resource’s name, description, date, URL, and source.
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.
This website compiles resources for disaster responders from various disciplines on providing culturally competent suicide prevention and intervention services. The linked manuals and reports provide information on a broad range of topics in cultural competence in programs, practices, and services to prevent suicide and provide support to people with suicidal thoughts and behaviors.
This web page provides information for professionals seeking programs and practices to include or incorporate in a strategic approach to suicide prevention. The page includes links to lists of programs, information about the nature of the various lists, and discussion of different levels of evidence of effectiveness.
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 literature review explores the effect of quarantine and isolation during disease outbreaks, epidemics, and pandemics on the risk of suicide. It includes studies on the impacts of outbreaks and epidemics including the Spanish influenza outbreaks, H1N1 influenza, severe acute respiratory syndrome (SARS), Ebola virus disease, and Middle East respiratory syndrome (MERS).
This website provides links to information on suicide prevention that is tailored for specific settings, such as the workplace, faith communities, schools, colleges and universities, and foster care. Each link goes to a page offering guidance and resources for a specific setting.
The Suicide Prevention Resource Center offers technical assistance, training, and materials to increase the knowledge and expertise of suicide prevention practitioners and other professionals serving people at risk for suicide. Resources include information on school-based prevention programs, a best practices registry, and state information.
After a disaster or other potentially traumatic event, emergency medical services (EMS) providers may encounter people with suicidal thoughts or behaviors. This 8-page information and tip sheet guides EMS providers in reducing the risk of suicide among those they serve, responding to people who have attempted suicide, and supporting survivors of suicide loss.
This guide provides information for first responders who are working with survivors who have lost a loved one to suicide. The manual includes information on reducing the stigma of suicide, assisting survivors, and supporting first responders.
At this part of its website, the Suicide Prevention Resource Center (SPRC) provides links to suicide prevention plans for 54 states and territories. In addition, SPRC lists contact information for officials and organizations within the state or territory that lead suicide prevention initiatives, as well as suicide prevention grantees and reports on efforts in suicide prevention within the state or territory.
This section of the Suicide Prevention Resource Center’s website features information for people who work with American Indian and Alaska Native (AI/AN) individuals and communities. It presents basic information about the issue of suicide among AI/AN people, tools to begin to address the issue, best practices in suicide prevention and health promotion in Native communities, and links to a wide range of resources.
The Patient Safety Screener (PSS-3) is designed for use in acute care settings with patients who may be at risk for suicide. The Suicide Prevention Resource Center provides a video on how to use a tool with additional explanation on the use of PSS-3.
This part of SPRC’s website provides links to online trainings, virtual learning resources, webinars, videos, and lectures all focused on suicide and suicide prevention. Designed for a range of professional and layperson audiences, several items are self-paced or brief to accommodate busy work schedules.