Category: Resources

CDC Technical Package of Police, Programs and Practices 

“Suicide Rates by Industry and Occupation,” CDC Morbidity & Mortality Weekly Report, Jan. 24, 2020, 

Comprehensive Blueprint for Workplace Suicide Prevention

“Deaths of Despair and the Future of Capitalism,” 2020, by Anne Case & Angus Deaton, Princeton University Press

Heads Up Guys: Manage & Prevent Depression in Men

Lethal Means & Suicide Prevention, a Guide for Community and Industry Leaders 

Man Therapy: Men’s Mental Health Resources

Mental Health in the Workplace (CDC) 

National Guidelines for Workplace Suicide Prevention

Promoting Individual, Family, and Community Connectedness

Report of Findings to Direct the Development of National Guidelines for Workplace Suicide Prevention

SPRC’s Workplaces: Why Address Suicide Prevention?

Stress at Work…  

The Role of Managers in Preventing Suicide in the Workplace 

The Role of Co-Workers in Preventing Suicide in the Workplace

Workplace Suicide Prevention

Youth suicide has been on the rise in recent years. These resources provide information about things parents and caregivers can do to support mental well-being in our youth, and prevent suicide in their communities.

Three Interventions Toolkit – Harborview Injury Prevention and Research Center

A digital toolkit featuring three critical interventions to address firearm injury & death

Medication Safe Storage for Families – The JED Foundation

This is short printable document outlining some best practices for medications in the home.

FAST Skills Workshop Series

This webinar series was produced by Forefront and contains several sessions designed to help parents and caregivers address common issues faced by kids and teens.

LEARN Saves Lives Suicide Prevention Tips For Teens

A summary of suicide prevention tips for teens, who may be worried about how to ask a friend, relative or classmate about mental health and suicide.

Guide for Parents and Families with College-Aged Kids

A peer-written, parent-to-parent guide for supporting college students and other young adults as they transition to living away from home for the first time.

INSPIRE Postsecondary Education

An online resource collection designed to support Washington state campuses in their commitment to students’ behavioral health and suicide prevention.

Crisis Connections  – 24-Hr Crisis Line: 866-427-4747

This line provides immediate help to individuals, families, and friends of people in emotional crisis. They can help you determine if you or your loved one needs professional consultation and can link you to the appropriate services. They are a primary source for linking Seattle-King County residents to emergency mental health services.

King County 2-1-1 – Dial 211 or 800-621-4636 (TTY – 206-461-3219)

King County 2-1-1 connects people to the help they need. They provide the most comprehensive information on health and human services in King County. Whether it’s for housing assistance, help with financial needs, or to find the location of the nearest food bank.

Teen Link – 866-833-6546

Washington Teen Link is a confidential, anonymous, peer-to-peer support line. No issue is too big or too small! Teen Link is a program run by Crisis Connections and staffed by trained teen volunteers.

Washington Recovery Help Line – 866-789-1511

The Washington Recovery Help Line is an anonymous and confidential help line that provides crisis intervention and referral services for Washington State residents. Professionally trained volunteers and staff are available to provide emotional support 24 hours a day, and offer local treatment resources for substance abuse, problem gambling and mental health as well as to other community services.

WA Warm Line – 877-500-9276

WA Warm Line is a peer support help line for people living with emotional and mental health challenges. Calls are answered by specially-trained volunteers who have lived experience with mental health challenges. They have a deep understanding of what you are going through and are here to provide emotional support, comfort, and information. All calls are confidential.

 WA State and Community Organizations

Call or Text 988
988 is a 24-hour, toll-free, confidential mental health hotline available to anyone in suicidal crisis or emotional distress. Calls are routed to the nearest crisis center in a national network, where callers receive crisis counseling and mental health referrals.

Crisis Text Line – Text HEAL to 741741

Crisis Text Line is free, 24/7 support for those in crisis. Text 741741 from anywhere in the US to text with a trained Crisis Counselor. Crisis Text Line trains volunteers to support people in crisis.

Veterans Crisis Line – Call 1-800-273-8255 and Press 1  or Text 838255

Connect with the Veterans Crisis Line to reach caring, qualified responders with the Department of Veterans Affairs. Many of them are Veterans themselves. This free support is confidential, available every day, 24/7, and services all veterans, service members, National Guard and Reserve, and their family members and friends.

 Additional Online Resources

• American Association of Suicidology (AAS)
  AAS serves as a national clearinghouse for information on suicide. AAS promotes research, public awareness programs, public education, and training for professionals and volunteers.
• American Foundation for Suicide Prevention (AFSP)
  AFSP raises awareness, funds scientific research and provides resources and aid to those affected by suicide.
• The Jason Foundation, Inc. (JFI)
  JFI is dedicated to the prevention of the “silent epidemic” of youth suicide through educational and awareness programs that equip young people, educators, youth workers and parents with the tools and resources to help identify and assist at-risk youth.
• The Jed Foundation
  The Jed Foundation is the nation’s leading organization working to promote emotional health and suicide prevention among college students.
• Man Therapy
  Deep-dive into many topics around being a man and deal with mental health and life challenges.
• National Council for Suicide Prevention (NCSP)
  NCSP is a coalition of eight national organizations working to prevent suicide. NCSP’s mission is to advance suicide prevention through leadership, advocacy, and a collective voice.
• Now Matters Now
  Free mental health and self-discovery tools. Explore five choices to build meaningful lives and reduce pain. Each choice is connected to a series of evidence-based coping skills and resources.
• Preventing Suicide: A Resource for Media Professionals—Update 2017
  This resource is a product of the World Health Organization (WHO) and the International Association for Suicide Prevention (IASP). It is addressed to media professionals who play a role in suicide prevention.
• Reporting on Suicide: Recommendations for the Media
  This website presents recommendations, based on more than 50 international studies on suicide contagion, to help guide media in educating readers and viewers about steps that can be taken to prevent suicide.
• Suicide Awareness Voices of Education (SAVE)
  The mission of SAVE is to educate the public about suicide prevention, eliminate stigma, and to support those touched by suicide.
• Suicide Prevention Resource Center (SPRC)
  SPRC is the nation’s only federally supported resource center devoted to advancing the National Strategy for Suicide Prevention by offering the best of science, skills, and practice.
• Training Institute for Suicide Assessment and Clinical Interviewing (TISA)
  This website is designed specifically for mental health professionals, substance-abuse counselors, school counselors, primary-care physicians, and psychiatric nurses who are looking for information on the development of skills in suicide prevention, crisis intervention, and advanced clinical interviewing.
• The Trevor Project
  The Trevor Project is the leading national organization providing crisis intervention and suicide prevention services to lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and questioning (LGBTQ) young people ages 13-24.
• World Health Organization Report on Preventing Suicide
  Preventing suicide: A global imperative aims to increase awareness of the public health significance of suicide and suicide attempts, to make suicide prevention a higher priority on the global public health agenda, and to encourage and support countries to develop or strengthen comprehensive suicide prevention strategies in a multisector public health approach.

CDC Resources

Due to the Trump Administration’s transition, many of these links may be offline.

• Suicide Rising Across the US: CDC Vital Signs Report 
  This Vital Signs web page includes an MMWR Early Release on state suicide trends and circumstances contributing to suicide, a graphic factsheet and website, a media release, and social media tools featuring the topic of suicide.
• Coping with a Disaster or Traumatic Event
  CDC’s Web page on mental health during and after a disaster includes information on coping with the stress that results from natural and manmade traumatic events.
• Suicide and Violence Prevention among Gay and Bisexual Men
  This CDC Web page provides suicide prevention resources and information for gay, bisexual, and other men who might encounter homophobia, harassment, and violent acts.
• Mental Health
  This page provides information on all of CDC’s work related to mental health.
• Suicide in Rural America
  CDC’s web page on suicide in rural areas provides reports, a policy brief, a press release, and suicide prevention resources.

Other Federal Resources

Due to the Trump Administration’s transition, many of these links may be offline.

• U.S. Department of Defense Suicide Prevention Office
  The U.S. Department of Defense Suicide Prevention Office oversees the suicide prevention work across all branches of the military.
• U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) Suicide Prevention
  The VA provides health and mental health services to U. S. veterans. This page provides information about mental health conditions, including suicide prevention, and what veterans can do to get help.
• Indian Health Service Suicide Prevention Program
  This national initiative to prevent suicide is based on fostering collaborations across tribes, tribal organizations, urban Indian organizations, and the entire Indian Health System.
• National Action Alliance for Suicide Prevention
  The National Action Alliance for Suicide Prevention is the public-private partnership advancing the National Strategy for Suicide Prevention[4.93 MB, 184 Pages, Print Only].
• National Child Traumatic Stress Network (NCTSN)
  NCTSN works to raise the standard of care and improve access to services for traumatized children, their families, and communities throughout the United States.
• National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH)
  NIMH is the lead federal agency for research on mental disorders.
• National Registry of Evidence-based Programs and Practices (NREPP)
  NREPP is a searchable online database of mental health and substance abuse interventions, including suicide prevention.
• Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration Suicide Prevention Program (SAMHSA)
  SAMHSA is the Federal agency charged with improving the quality and availability of prevention, treatment, and rehabilitative services to reduce illness, death, disability, and cost to society resulting from substance abuse and mental illnesses. .
• BeThe1To
  This is the National Suicide Prevention Lifeline’s campaign for National Suicide Prevention Month and beyond, spreading the word about actions we can all take to prevent suicide.

If You are Concerned About Someone

Steps to Take When Suicide Risk is Elevated

For yourself or another person at risk, buy time for recovery by creating distance from firearms.

Use time-based suicide prevention to Go SLO, as recommended by the US Air Force and Veterans Health Administration.

Go SLO – Safes, Locks, Outside the Home

1. Safes: Secure all firearms in a safe or gun case and give a trusted individual the keys & combinations.
2. Locks: Secure all firearms with locking devices and give keys to a trusted individual.
3. Outside the Home: Store firearms away from the home using a temporary emergency transfer. See below for details.
4. Call or Text: Call 988 or text HOME to 741-741 for immediate help.

Temporary Transfers for Suicide Prevention are Legal in Washington State

Have a trusted individual or other organization hold firearms until the crisis resolves. Temporary transfers to prevent suicide are legal in Washington without a background check (see RCW 9.41.113(4)(a) and (4)(d) for clarification).

RCW 9.41.113: Firearm sales or transfers — Background checks — Requirements — Exceptions
(4) This section does not apply to:
(a) A transfer between immediate family members, which for this subsection shall be limited to spouses, domestic partners, parents, parents-in-law, children, siblings, siblings-in-law, grandparents, grandchildren, nieces, nephews, first cousins, aunts, and uncles, that is a bona fide gift or loan;
(d) A temporary transfer of possession of a firearm if: (i) The transfer is intended to prevent suicide or self-inflicted great bodily harm; (ii) the transfer lasts only as long as reasonably necessary to prevent death or great bodily harm; and (iii) the firearm is not utilized by the transferee for any purpose for the duration of the temporary transfer;

Firearms Safe Storage Map

Many organizations in Washington have offered to consider requests to hold firearms temporarily for people in a crisis.

View a map of organizations

Extreme Risk Protection Orders (ERPO)

Extreme Risk Protection Orders (ERPO) prevent people who are at high risk of harming themselves or others from having access to a firearm. Family, household members or police can obtain an ERPO by submitting a request with evidence demonstrating the danger the individual poses to the court. We recommend the following resources to learn more. https://hiprc.org/erpo/embed/#?secret=gC7vWLZFAi#?secret=5p9Qd9UWDw

Download the Brochure

Get Help for Extreme Risk Protection Orders

Medication Storage and Disposal

Limit access to medications (prescription and over-the-counter). Lock up all medications except a one-week supply, and dispose of expired or unused medication in the home by returning them to a disposal drop box, or requesting a free medication disposal kit.

REQUEST A Medication disposal kit

Find a medication drop-box