Educational Materials

Educational Materials & Information

Free DIVP Materials

VDH makes these publications available free of charge to individuals and organizations within the Commonwealth. To request the following publications complete the materials request form.

What Every Parent Should Know about Preventing Youth Suicide

What Are Friends For? (teen suicide prevention brochure)

What Every Teacher Should Know about Preventing Youth Suicide

FISTS Youth Screening and Counseling Guide. These cards address fighting, injuries, sexual violence, self-defense, threats and suicide. To view the cards click here and to order FISTS cards, please email Laurie.Crawford@vdh.virginia.gov or call 804-864-7705.

Materials and Information from Other Organizations

Policies and Position Statements on Suicide:

• American Academy of Pediatrics
• School Nurses Association

Consensus Statements

• A Resource Guide for Implementing the Joint Commissions 2007 Patient Goals on Suicide, Screening for Mental Health, Inc. (PDF)
• Consensus Statement on Youth Suicide by Firearms, Youth Suicide by Firearms Task Force and the American Association of Suicidology(PDF)
• Framework for Developing Institutional Protocols for the Acutely Distressed or Suicidal College Student, Jed Foundation (PDF)
• Reporting on Suicide: Recommendations for the Media, Multiple Authors (PDF)
• Standards for the Assessment of Suicide Risk Among Callers to the National Suicide Prevention Lifeline, National Suicide Prevention Lifeline (PDF)
• Suicide Prevention Efforts for Individuals with Serious Mental Illness, National Association of State Mental Health Program Directors (PDF)
• Warning Signs for Suicide Prevention, American Association of Suicidology (PDF)

Information on Effective Treatment Systems

Cognitive Behavioral Therapy for Adolescent Depression

Dialectical Behavior Therapy

Multisystemic Therapy With Psychiatric Supports (MST-Psychiatric)

The Suicidal Patient: Assessment & Care (Training Video) Ordering info available on the following site:http://www.afsp.org/survivor/doctor.htm

Suicide: Helping Patients & Their FamSuicide Assessment Five-Step Evaluation and Triage Card(SAFE-T), Screening for Mental Health (PDF).

SAFE-T Pocket Card - the Suicide Assessment Five-Step Evaluation and Triage Card (SAFE-T), Screening for Mental Health (PDF), is available for free download at www.MentalHealthScreening.org.

Recommendations for selecting suicide prevention videos click here

Effectively Engaging the Media in Suicide Prevention: A Resource Guide http://www.sprc.org/library/media_guide.pdf

A National Suicide Prevention Lifeline: 1-800-273-TALK, http://www.suicidepreventionlifeline.org

Suicide Prevention Resource Center (SPRC): http://www.sprc.org

SPAN USA: www.spanusa.org/C_suicide-resources.html

Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA): http://www.samhsa.gov/

Center for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC): Suicide Prevention Activities http://www.cdc.gov/ncipc/dvp/PreventingSuicide.htm

American Association for Suicidology: http://www.suicidology.org/