This technical package represents a select group of strategies based on the best available evidence to help communities and states sharpen their focus on prevention activities with the greatest potential to prevent suicide.

Zero Suicide operationalizes the core components necessary for health care systems to transform suicide care into seven elements. Within each element section, find a description of what each element is, why it is necessary to Zero Suicide implementation, a summary of supporting research, and key readings and tools. Use the navigation bar that appears at the top of each element page to jump between sections.

This document evaluates states’ use of best practices in preventing underage drinking, as required by the STOP Act.

This guide discusses the challenges in care transitions and the need for better care practices and care coordination from inpatient to outpatient behavioral health care, and presents feasible, evidence-based practices that health systems and providers can take to improve patient connection and safety during inpatient to outpatient transition, and provides recommendations specific to both inpatient and outpatient settings.

This toolkit for schools assists schools in implementing a coordinated response to the suicide death of a student.