Suicide Prevention and ​Emotional Health

Warning Signs and Risk Factors for Suicide

• LEARN AFSP Risk Factors and Warning Signs for Suicide

For Suicide Loss Survivors

• MHA of Wisconsin: Survivors of Suicide Resources and Support Groups
• Prevent Suicide Wisconsin
• American Foundation for Suicide Prevention
• American Association of Suicidology

For Youth

For Schools

• Preventing Suicide: A Toolkit for High Schools
• After a Suicide: A Toolkit for Schools 2nd Edition (PDF)
• WI Dept. of Public Instruction Youth Suicide Prevention

From the Action Alliance for Suicide Prevention working to advance the National Strategy for Suicide Prevention

• Youth Suicide Warning Signs - Consensus guidelines on youth suicide warning signs.
• National Suicide Prevention Lifeline - Youth Resources - Resources for youth, including how to access the National Suicide Prevention Lifeline and other resources for youth in crisis.
• Society for the Prevention of Teen Suicide - Resources for youth who may be having suicidal thoughts.
• Suicide Prevention Resource Center - Resources for Parents/Guardians/Families
• The Trevor Project - Crisis intervention and suicide prevention services for LGBTQ youth ages 13–24.

Milwaukee/Wisconsin

• REDgen (Milwaukee children and teens)
• Children’s Hospital of Wisconsin Bereavement Services for Children

For College Students

• Active Minds
• The Jed Foundation
• ULifeline
• To Write Love on Her Arms
• UW-Milwaukee Mental Health Resources
• Rutgers University Behavioral Health Care
• Rutgers MSW Resources

Phone Apps

To help a suicidal friend

• A Friend Asks

Collect items on your smartphone to use as supports when distressed or thinking of suicide

• Virtual Hope Box
• My3

To help make it more difficult to access a way to kill oneself

• Suicide Safer Home

Stigma Reduction

• WISE (Wisconsin Initiative for Stigma Elimination)
• National Consortium on Stigma and Empowerment

General Information About Suicide Prevention

Milwaukee/Wisconsin

• Prevent Suicide Wisconsin
• Mental Health America - Wisconsin
• NAMI Greater Milwaukee
• Center for Suicide Awareness (Appleton)
• Charles E. Kubly Foundation

National

• Suicide Prevention Resource Center
• CDC Suicide Prevention Website
• American Foundation for Suicide Prevention
• American Association of Suicidology