FEDERAL

• Department of Health and Human Services
  
  
  • Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
    
    
  • Health Resources and Services Administration
    
    
  • National Institutes of Health
    
    
  • Office of Public Health and Science
    
    
  • Institute of Medicine
    
    
  • Substance Abuse & Mental Health Services Administration

• Department of Defense
  
  
  • Air Force
• Department of Justice
  
  
• Department of Education
  
  
• Indian Health Service

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STATE PREVENTION PROGRAMS

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PRIVATE

The following organizations focus solely on issues related to suicide:

Advocacy and/or Professional Development

• American Association of Suicidology
• American Foundation for Suicide Prevention
• National Organization for People of Color Against Suicide
• Suicide Awareness - Voices of Education (SA\VE)
• Suicide Prevention Action Network USA

Training, Research, and/or Technical Assistance

• Jason Foundation
• National Center for Suicide Prevention Training
• National Hopeline
• National Police Suicide Foundation
• National Resource Center for Suicide Prevention and Aftercare
• Suicide Information and Education Centre (SIEC)
• Suicide Prevention Resource Center
• Training Institute for Suicide Assessment and Clinical Interviewing

Programs and Services

• Befrienders International
• Samaritans
• San Francisco Suicide Prevention
• SOS High School Suicide Prevention Program
• Yellow Ribbon Suicide Prevention Program

Survivors

• 1000 Deaths

The following organizations have a strong interest in suicide prevention, although it is not their only area of focus:

Professional Organizations

• American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry
• American Academy of Pediatrics
• American Association of Poison Control Centers
• American College of Emergency Physicians
• American Correctional Health Services Association
• American Psychological Association (APA)
• American Psychiatric Association
• American Public Health Association
• American Psychiatric Nurses Association
• American School Health Association
• American Society for Adolescent Psychiatry
• Association of Maternal and Child Health Programs
• Association of State and Territorial Health Officials
• Emergency Nurses Association
• National Alliance for the Mentally Ill (NAMI)
• National Association of Psychiatric Health Systems
• National Association of School Nurses
• National Association of School Psychologists
• National Association of Social Workers
• National Association of State Mental Health Program Directors
• National Indian Health Board
• National Mental Health Association
• State and Territorial Injury Prevention Directors' Association

Other

• Depression and Bipolar Support Alliance (DBSA)
• Families for Depression Awareness
• Girls and Boys Town
• University of Washington, MCH Program
• Screening for Mental Health, Inc.
• Students Against Destructive Decisions
• Teen Screen Program
• Ulifelong.org