Resources for patients and families

• National Suicide Prevention Lifeline: Call 800-273-TALK (8255), chat or visit suicidepreventionlifeline.org
• Crisis Text Line: Text “Got5” to 741741 or visit crisistextline.org
• American Foundation for Suicide Prevention: afsp.org/find-support
• National Alliance on Mental Illness (NAMI): nami.org
• Live Through This: livethroughthis.org
• Suicide Prevention Resource Center: sprc.org
• The Trevor Project: Call 1-866-488-7386, chat, text START to 678678, or visit thetrevorproject.org
• Trans Lifeline: Call 877-565-8860 or visit translifeline.org
• Veteran Suicide Prevention: mentalhealth.va.gov/suicide_prevention/

SP-TIE offers publicly-available trainings on:

• Assessing Suicidal Risk with the Columbia Suicide Severity Rating Scale (C-SSRS)
• The Safety Planning Intervention for Suicide Prevention
• Telehealth Guidance for Managing Client Suicidality During the COVID-19 Pandemic

If you work in a New York State OMH-licensed, OASAS-certified or VA behavioral health program, you are also eligible to complete SP-TIE’s full catalogue of trainings and earn continuing education credits free-of-charge via the Center for Practice Innovations – Learning Management System.

Please Note: There are no certificates associated with completing the C-SSRS module on the CPI website.

Other resources:

• Suicide Prevention Center of New York
• NYS Office of Mental Health Suicide Prevention Office
• NY SAFE Act
• The Columbia Suicide Severity Rating Scale (C-SSRS) Website
• The Zero Suicide website
• Suicide Prevention Resource Center
• National Suicide Prevention Lifeline
• The American Foundation for Suicide Prevention
• American Association for Suicidology
• International Academy for Suicide Research