Readings & References

Delaware County Suicide Prevention Awareness

Readings & References

Some of the information about suicide and suicide prevention presented on this site is more fully discussed in the sources linked below. More online resources are available at the Suicide Reference Library, a growing compilation by some local volunteers.

The Surgeon General's Call To Action To Prevent Suicide (July 1999)

National Strategy for Suicide Prevention: Goals and Objectives for Action (2001)

Suicide Prevention : Prevention Effectiveness and Evaluation Suicide Prevention Advocacy Network

Guidelines for School-based Prevention Programs (1999)(Download pdf reader)

"Preventing Suicide: What Will Work and What Will Not" Medical Journal of Australia 169: 100-102 (1998)

Reducing Suicide: A National Imperative (2002) Institute of Medicine

Pennsylvania Youth Suicide Prevention Plan PA Department of Welfare

Youth Suicide prevention Programs: A Resource Guide (1992) Centers for Disease Control

Suicide Prevention and Mood Disorders (2002) Depression and Bipolar Alliance (Download pdf reader)

Additional Helpful On-line Materials:

School Interventions to Prevent Suicide (Revised January 2003) UCLA Center for Mental Health in Schools