Warning Signs and Risk Factors 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
- 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. You can also find information on how to cope if a friend dies by suicide.
- Suicide Prevention Resource Center - Resources for Parents/Guardians/Families - Resources for parents, guardians, and other family members.
- The Trevor Project - Provides crisis intervention and suicide prevention services to lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and questioning (LGBTQ) youth ages 13–24.
- REDgen (Milwaukee children and teens)
- Children’s Hospital of Wisconsin Bereavement Services for Children
For College Students
Phone Apps:
To help a suicidal friend:Collect items on your smartphone to use as supports when distressed or thinking of suicide:To help make it more difficult to access a way to kill oneself:
Stigma Reduction
- WISE (Wisconsin Initiative for Stigma Elimination)
- National Consortium on Stigma and Empowerment