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Suicide Awareness and Prevention
The National Suicide Prevention Lifeline
Dial 988 for support if you are thinking about ending your life. You matter! 💜
1800-273-TALK (8255) or text GO to 741741
The Link’s National Resource Center for Suicide Prevention and Aftercare
404-256-2919
The Trevor Project – Suicide prevention for the LGBT community
866-488-7396
Veterans Crisis Line
1-800-273-8255 (x1)Â Or text 838255
National Organizations – Suicide Prevention and Loss Support
AAS – American Association of Suicidology
202-237-2280
 AFSP – American Foundation for Suicide Prevention
1-888-333-AFSP (2377)
Alliance of Hope
847-868-3313
Recommended Books – Suicide Loss
General Suicide Loss
- My Son … My Son, by Iris Bolton
- Voices of Healing and Hope: Conversations on Grief After Suicide, by Iris Bolton
- No Time to Say Goodby, by Carla Fine
- A Message of Hope: For Surviving the Tragedy of Suicide, by Patricia Harness-Overley
- A Special Scar: The Experiences of People Bereaved by Suicide, by Alison Wertheimer
- After Suicide, by John Hewett
For Children/Teens/Youth
- Brave Bart: A Story for Traumatized and Grieving Children, by Caroline Sheppard
- Depression: Challenge the Beast within Yourself…and Win, by Cait Irwin
- Guiding Your Child Through Grief, by Mary Ann and James P. Emswiler
Loss of a Spouse
- Finding Your Way after Your Spouse Dies, by Marta Felber
- The Tender Scar: Life after the Death of a Spouse, by Richard L. Mabry
Loss of a Parent
- Before Their Time: Adult Children’s Experience of Parental Suicide, by Mary and Maureen Stimming
- But I Didn’t Say Goodbye, by Barbara Rubel
Loss of a Child
- A Beautiful Here, by Linda Phillips
- A Broken Heart Still Beats: After Your Child Dies, by Anne McCracken and Mary Semel
- A Butterfly’s Journey: Healing Grief after the Loss of a Child, by Barbara J. Hopkinson
Loss of a Sibling
- Do They Have Bad Days in Heaven? Surviving the Suicide Loss of a Sibling, by Michelle Linn-GustÂ
- History of a Suicide: My Sister’s Unfinished Life, by Jill Bialosky
- The Empty Room: Understanding Sibling Loss, by Elizabeth DeVita Raeburn
Statistics on Suicide and Overdose
- 2017 US Statistics for Suicide from AAS
- Understanding the Opioid Crisis
- CDC Resource Center for Opioid Overdose
- Addiction and Recovery Resources (coming soon)