Resources – Suicide Prevention Resource Center

Creating a Therapeutic Alliance in the Early Stages of Treatment With Adolescents at Risk for Suicide: A Tip Sheet for Clinicians

Lauren Capraro — Wed, 02 Oct 2024 15:40:49 +0000

It is essential that clinicians who work with adolescent clients at risk for suicide possess the skills to develop strong therapeutic alliances with these clients. This resource offers practical suggestions for clinicians working to build and strengthen therapeutic alliances, with a focus on adolescent clients at risk of suicide.

Recommendations for Local Suicide Prevention Infrastructure

Jesse Gass — Thu, 19 Sep 2024 19:25:51 +0000

These recommendations were developed to help local settings—such as municipalities, counties, and Tribal governments—establish, improve, and sustain a strong local suicide prevention infrastructure. These recommendations support the achievement of Goal 6 of the National Strategy for Suicide Prevention, which calls for building and sustaining a strong suicide prevention infrastructure at all levels—state, Tribal, local, and territorial.

Barriers and Opportunities for Suicide Prevention Among Correctional Officers: An Issue Brief for Clinicians

Lauren Capraro — Thu, 19 Sep 2024 17:04:36 +0000

Correctional officers work a tough beat in law enforcement. Their job—keeping incarcerated persons and the public safe—involves working in a highly challenging environment with daily threats of physical, emotional, and mental harm. Suicide rates among correctional officers are much higher than those in the general population, but suicide among correctional officers remains an under-addressed problem in the field of suicide prevention. Drawing on research and the expertise of correctional researchers, officers, and clinicians, this issue brief describes the problem of suicide among correctional officers and identifies barriers and opportunities for suicide prevention efforts in the correctional officer workforce in the United States, with an emphasis on what clinicians can do to promote resilience, identify risk, and intervene clinically. This issue brief also identifies resources for additional learning about this topic.

Connect, Invest, Uplift: Protect Black Youth From Suicide

Lauren Capraro — Tue, 17 Sep 2024 13:14:26 +0000

This infographic describes simple, data-driven steps that anyone can take to protect Black youth from suicide. Download and share it with your community today.

Levels of Lived Experience Engagement in Suicide Prevention Projects

Linda Sobottka — Tue, 03 Sep 2024 17:19:00 +0000

Insights from individuals with lived experience can contribute to positive messaging, enriched programming, enhanced safety, and the destigmatization of an array of issues that impact individuals’ lives and wellbeing. This document is intended to serve as a guide for organizations that engage, or plan to engage, people with lived experience in prevention projects in a variety of fields. We describe characteristics of projects that incorporate high, medium, and low levels of lived experience engagement to help organizations make informed decisions about meaningfully incorporating lived experience in their own projects.

Considerations and Best Practices for Lived Experience Programs

Lauren Capraro — Tue, 03 Sep 2024 17:17:00 +0000

At the Suicide Prevention Resource Center (SPRC), our initiative to center the perspectives of those with suicide-centered lived experience informs all aspects of our work. Here are some considerations and best practices that can guide any group or organization in developing a lived experience program.

SPRC’s Lived Experience Program Background

Linda Sobottka — Tue, 03 Sep 2024 17:10:00 +0000

In 2021, the Suicide Prevention Resource Center (SPRC) established a Lived Experience Advisory Committee (LEAC) to center suicide-centered lived experience perspectives in all projects and efforts. In September 2022, SPRC launched the Lived Experiences Initiatives team to coordinate with the LEAC and ensure SPRC’s prevention efforts reflect a nuanced understanding of suicide that centers the unique insights of those whose lives have been affected by it.

Suicide Prevention Month: Ideas for Action

Alex — Thu, 18 Jul 2024 13:55:38 +0000

This two-page resource offers information to help anyone, anywhere get involved in Suicide Prevention Month in September. It includes tips on how to take action to help prevent suicide in your community, such as learning about effective suicide prevention, sharing stories of hope, and encouraging everyone to be there for those who are struggling.

Simulation in Suicide-Specific Clinical Training: Guidelines for Programs

Lauren Capraro — Tue, 07 May 2024 17:49:33 +0000

This document, intended for universities and clinical training directors, contains guidelines for the development and implementation of simulation-based suicide clinical skills training. The guidelines explore multiple facets of the use of simulation in suicide skills training, including:

The benefits of incorporating simulation-based learning
Considerations for resource allocation
Development of simulation scenarios
Training of standardized clients
Recommendations for implementation and facilitation of simulation-based learning experiences

Connect with us at AAS24

Lauren Capraro — Thu, 02 May 2024 05:34:00 +0000

We’re excited to join our friends and colleagues at the American Association of Suicidology (AAS) annual conference next week. If you’re planning to attend in person, check out our trainings, presentations, and posters, and stop by our booth to say hi. To connect online, follow #AAS24 on social media and tag us in your posts. See you there!