Putting Knowledge into Action to Prevent Suicides
Guest Post Written By: Linda C. Degutis, Dr.P.H., M.S.N., director of CDC′s National Center for Injury Prevention and Control One of my nephews was diagnosed with depression when he was in high school....
View ArticleSuicide – A Preventable Tragedy
Recent news stories about reported deaths by suicide among professional athletes, including most recently former NFL player Junior Seau, have raised attention to this tragic public health issue....
View ArticleTake Action during National Prevention Week – Prevent the Loss of Even One Life
Written By: Frances M. Harding, Director, Center for Substance Abuse Prevention Suicide is devastating to family, friends, and communities. SAMHSA estimates that for each person that dies by suicide, 5...
View ArticleSAMHSA Launches New Toolkit on Suicide Prevention in High Schools
Suicide is one of the nation’s greatest public health problems – but it is also completely preventable. If all of us work together in an effort to reach out and help those at risk we can prevent...
View ArticleSAMHSA supports NFL Total Wellness Program
Written By: Pamela Hyde, Administrator, SAMHSA “The NFL Life Line offers NFL players, staff, and their families a confidential resource for talking about emotional, physical, financial, relationship,...
View ArticleIntroducing the “You Matter” Campaign for Young Adults in Emotional Distress...
Written By: Pamela Hyde, SAMHSA Administrator SAMHSA is proud to announce a new online campaign to promote the National Suicide Prevention Lifeline, You Matter. The campaign focuses on the positive...
View Article1st Annual Walk to Raise Awareness about Suicide among Native Americans
Written By: Larke Huang, Director Office of Behavioral Health Equity Several Tribal groups, as part of the National NNEDLearn 2012 Training sponsored by SAMHSA’s Office of Behavioral Health Equity,...
View ArticleEveryone Has a Role to Play in Preventing Suicide: What is Yours?
Written By: Pamela Hyde, SAMHSA Administrator Every day nearly 100 Americans die by suicide, and even higher is the number of people who contemplate suicide. A study released this year by SAMHSA...
View ArticleSuicide Survivors Finding Strength in Each Other
National Survivors of Suicide Day; November 17th, 2012 Each year we observe the Saturday before Thanksgiving as National Survivors of Suicide Day. The observance is meant to call the friends and...
View ArticleNational Prevention Week 2013: Using Our Voices to Champion Positive Choices
By: Pamela S. Hyde, J.D., Administrator, SAMHSA Today marks the beginning of SAMHSA’s second annual National Prevention Week, an observance dedicated to increasing public awareness of, and action...
View ArticleMeasuring the Rising and Falling Behavioral Health Barometer
By: Peter J. Delany, PhD, LCSW-C; RADM, U.S. Public Health Service, Director, SAMHSA Center for Behavioral Health Statistics and Quality The first barometers were used in weather forecasting, and...
View ArticleView from the Administrator: Preventing Suicide
There’s some good news in the field of suicide prevention. For the first time ever, the nation has a prioritized suicide prevention research agenda, which was developed by a task force of the National...
View ArticleThe Power of Prevention
SAMHSA’s National Suicide Prevention Lifeline answered over 1 million calls in 2013. One of those calls was from a 15-year old named Jackie. Later, after her crisis had passed, she contacted us....
View ArticleSuicide Prevention: What’s Your Role?
Suicide is a serious and preventable public health issue. But if we are unaware of the signs and risk factors associated with suicide, someone close to us—a friend, a family member, a co-worker, or a...
View ArticleMake suicide prevention your choice. Vote today.
In the United States, the number of people who die by suicide each year is double the number who die by homicide. In the past year in this country, 8.5 million adults seriously considered suicide, 2.4...
View ArticleDoing More to Save Lives
The number of Americans who die by suicide continues to increase. In 2011, suicide accounted for 39,518 deaths in the United States1. In 2012, an estimated 9 million adults, aged 18 and older, reported...
View ArticleRobin Williams: Raising Awareness About Depression
It’s still hard to believe that Robin Williams – beloved comedian, actor, father, and friend – is no longer with us. To the public and even close friends, he appeared to be happy, upbeat and funny,...
View ArticleThe “B” in LGBT: Bisexual People and Behavioral Health
From September 21-27, we celebrate Bisexuality Awareness Week. In honor of this upcoming event, I’d like to talk about the “B” in the LGBT (lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender) community. Did you...
View ArticleSpotlight on Suicide Prevention Resources
This year marks the 10th anniversary of SAMHSA’s National Suicide Prevention Lifeline. The Lifeline has answered more than 6 million calls since it began, and has established a network of over 160...
View ArticleSuicide and Race
In 2013, there were more than 41,000 deaths as a result of suicide in the U.S. Suicide is the tenth leading cause of death, claiming more lives each year than death due to motor vehicle crashes....
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