How To Implement Suicide Prevention Strategies in High Schools

How To Implement Suicide Prevention Strategies in High Schools Preventing Suicide: A Toolkit for High Schools assists in designing and implementing strategies to prevent suicide and promote behavioral health. It includes tools to implement a multifaceted suicide prevention program that responds to students' needs and cultures. The toolkit will help schools: Assess the ability to prevent suicide among students and to respond to suicides that may occur. Understand strategies that can help students who are at risk for suicide. Understand how to respond to the suicide of a student or other member of the school community. Integrate suicide prevention into activities that fulfill other aspects of the school's mission, such as preventing the abuse of alcohol and other drugs. Get Preventing Suicide: A Toolkit for High Schools Publications   |   SAMHSA News   |   Update My Profile   |   Unsubscribe   |   Contact Us Substance Abuse & Mental Health Services Administration 1 Choke Cherry Road  |  Rockville, MD 20857  |  1-877-SAMHSA-7 (1-877-726-4727)  |  http://www.samhsa.gov  |  Privacy SAMHSA is a public health agency within the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services. Its mission is to reduce the impact of substance abuse and mental illness on America's communities.