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Counseling on Access to Lethal Means (CALM) Training
This training is about how to reduce access to the methods people use to die by suicide. It covers who needs lethal means counseling and how to work with people at risk for suicide, and their families, to reduce access.
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Suicide in Parking Facilities: Prevention, Response, and Recovery (International Parking Institute, 2016)
This report from the International Parking Institute outlines strategies that parking organizations can use to prevent deaths by suicide from their parking garages. The report’s first suggestion for prevention is the use of physical barriers. Other suggestions include the use of “Geofencing” via closed-circuit cameras or perimeter landscaping or awnings to reduce the likelihood of…
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Firearms on College Campuses: Research Evidence and Policy Implications (Johns Hopkins, 2016)
Provided by the Johns Hopkins Center for Gun Policy and Research, part of the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, this report looks at the connection between the carrying of firearms by civilians and mass shootings/violent crime and the issues that are unique to the safety of the public on higher education campuses.
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Suicide Prevention on Bridges: The National Suicide Prevention Lifeline Position (2017)
Initially created in 2008 and revised in 2017 to reflect new evidence, this report makes the case for using physical barriers on bridges for suicide prevention. The report outlines the benefits of using barriers as opposed to using phones connected directly to crisis lines or signs containing crisis line information. In short, the report concludes…
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Help Yourself. Help Others.
From MindWise Innovations comes this self-assessment tool that can be used to assess the emotional health of you or a loved one. They offer various screeners for various conditions, including depression, anxiety, PTSD, bipolar, psychosis, substance use (with specific screenings for alcohol and opioid use), gambling, and eating disorders. They also offer a well-being screener…
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ULifeline Self Evaluator
This self-evaluation tool offers students the ability to utilize one of four available screeners for the purposes of screening for depression (PHQ-9), anxiety (GAD-7), eating disorders (SCOFF), and substance use disorders (CAGE-AID). Optionally, students may enter the name of their school, which will allow the screener to provide them with information on resources that are…
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Question. Persuade. Refer. or QPR
QPR offers a variety of training, but for the purposes of this page, we will focus on their online “Gatekeeper Training” for suicide prevention. This training is listed with SAMHSA’s National Registry of Evidenced-based Practices and Policies. It takes about 1 hour to complete, provides information on suicide, and teaches basic helper skills. Attendees will…
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Mental Health First Aid or MHFA
Mental Health First Aid teaches students, faculty, and staff the skills to identify and support those with mental illnesses and substance use disorders. It is appropriate for primary care professionals, employers and business leaders, faith communities, school personnel and educators, state police and corrections officers, nursing home staff, mental health authorities, state policymakers, volunteers, young…
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SafeTALK
A 3-hour training that prepares anyone over the age of 15 to identify persons with thoughts of suicide and connect them to suicide first aid resources. Most people with thoughts of suicide invite help to stay safe. Alert helpers know how to use these opportunities to support that desire for safety. We offer this! Please…
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Applied Suicide Intervention Skills Training or ASIST
Just as “CPR” skills make physical first aid possible, training in suicide intervention develops the skills used in suicide first aid. ASIST is a two-day intensive, interactive, practice-dominated course designed to help caregivers recognize risk and learn how to intervene to prevent the immediate risk of suicide. ASIST is widely used by people in a…
