SAMHSA
Launches New Toolkit on Suicide Prevention in High Schools
Suicide
is one of the nation’s greatest public health problems – but it is also
completely preventable. If all of us
work together in an effort to reach out and help those at risk we can prevent
the needless devastation suicide brings to individuals, loved ones and
communities across the nation.
In
order to provide practical help in this effort the Substance Abuse and Mental
Health Services Administration (SAMHSA) has developed a new toolkit entitled
Preventing Suicide: A Toolkit for High Schools. The toolkit aims at reducing
the risk of suicide among high school students by providing research-based
guidelines and resources to assist school administrators, principals, mental
health professionals, health educators, guidance counselors, nurses, student
services coordinators, teachers and others identify teenagers at risk and take
appropriate measures to provide help.
The
tool kit offers information on screening tools, warning signs and risk factors
of suicide, statistics, and parent education materials.
It
is based on years of experience in promoting suicide prevention in high schools
across the nation. It draws upon the key elements of these programs and makes
them easily adaptable to any high school setting. In addition, it provides high schools with useful
information on the many federal, state and community program that are available
to help bolster their suicide prevention efforts.
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