Inspired by JD Schramm’s powerful TED Talk on surviving a suicide attempt, this list of resources helps you widen your understanding of mental health, depression, suicide and suicide prevention. Whether you’re an attempt survivor, a concerned family member or friend, or struggling with suicidal thoughts yourself, this list (though not exhaustive) offers helpful resources and hotlines from across the world.
In the US:
National Suicide Prevention Lifeline
1-800-273-TALK
http://www.suicidepreventionlifeline.org/
A free, 24-hour hotline available to anyone in suicidal crisis or emotional distress. Your call will be routed to the nearest crisis center to you.
The Trevor Project
http://www.thetrevorproject.org/localresources
866 4-U-TREVOR
The Trevor Project is determined to end suicide among LGBTQ youth by providing life-saving and life-affirming resources including a nationwide, 24/7 crisis intervention lifeline, digital community and advocacy/educational programs that create a safe, supportive and positive environment for everyone.
Samaritans USA
http://www.samaritansusa.org/
Samaritans centers provide volunteer-staffed hotlines and professional and volunteer-run public education programs, “suicide survivor” support groups and many other crisis response, outreach and advocacy activities.
Attempt Survivors
http://attemptsurvivors.com/
A two-year project that collected blog posts and stories for and by attempt survivors, set up by the American Association of Suicidology. While the active collection has stopped, the archive is a good place to explore, to hear open, honest voices exploring life after a suicide attempt.
ULifeline
http://ulifeline.org/page/main/StudentLogin.html
An anonymous online resource where you can learn about suicide prevention and campus-specific resources.
American Foundation for Suicide Prevention:
http://www.afsp.org/
A national nonprofit organization dedicated to understanding and preventing suicide through research, education and advocacy, and to reaching out to people impacted by suicide.
Mental Health First Aid USA
http://www.mentalhealthfirstaid.org/
A public education program that helps the public identify, understand and respond to signs of mental illnesses and substance use disorders.
Suicide Awareness Voices of Education
SAVE.org
A national nonprofit dedicated to preventing suicide through public awareness and education.
Live Through This
http://livethroughthis.org/
An organization documenting the stories and portraits of suicide attempt survivors to encourage more open dialogue around suicide and depression.
International:
International Association for Suicide Prevention
http://www.iasp.info/
IASP now includes professionals and volunteers from more than fifty different countries. IASP is a Non-Governmental Organization in official relationship with the World Health Organization (WHO) concerned with suicide prevention.
Befrienders
A suicide prevention resource with phone helplines across the world.
https://www.befrienders.org/
Canadian Association for Suicide Prevention
A resource for survivors as well as anyone in suicidal distress.
To find the nearest crisis center: https://suicideprevention.ca/need-help/
To find the nearest support group: https://suicideprevention.ca/coping-with-suicide-loss/survivor-support-centres/
SAPTA (Mexico)
http://www.saptel.org.mx/index.html
Centro de Valorização da Vida (Brazil)
http://www.cvv.org.br/
Tel: 188 or 141
Sociedade Portuguesa de Suicidologia (Portugal)
http://www.spsuicidologia.pt/
Hulpmix (Netherlands)
https://www.113.nl/english
Samaritans Onlus (Italy)
http://www.samaritansonlus.org/
The South African Depression and Anxiety Group (South Africa)
http://www.sadag.org/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=11&Itemid=114
Suicide Ecoute (France)
http://www.suicide-ecoute.fr/
PHARE (France)
http://www.phare.org/
한국자살예방협회 (Korean Association for Suicide Prevention)
http://www.suicideprevention.or.kr/
한국자살협회 사이버 상담실 (Korean Suicide Prevention Cyber Counseling)
http://www.counselling.or.kr/
Hjälplinjen (Sweden)
http://www.hjalplinjen.se/
If you know of good resources available where you live, please add them to the comments section of this post.