Text and Call Lines:

National Suicide Prevention Lifeline 24/7; 1 (800) 273-TALK(8255)

Crisis Text Line; Text "Start" to 741741

National Suicide Hotline; 1 (800) SUICIDE (784-2433)

Suicide Prevention; (310) 391-1253

Mental Health; (800) 950-6264 or text "NAMI" to 741741

Veterans Crisis Line; (800) 273-8255

Youth Crisis Hotline; (800) 499-9130

Christian Teen Helpline; (800) 394-HOPE(4673)

Cutting; (800) 366-8288 or text "Connect" to 741741

O.C. Suicide Hotline; (714) 639-4673

Domestic Violence; (800) 799-7233 or text "Support" to 741741

Sexual Assault; (800) 656-4673 or text "Home" to 741741

Abortion; (866) 439-4253 or text "Helpline" to 313131

Pregnancy Infant & Child Loss; (800) 944-4773 or text "Hello" to 741741

Grief; (800) 445-4808 or text "Care" to 839863

Eating Disorders; (800) 931-2237 or text "NEOA" to 741741

Bullying; (800) 420-1479 or text "Home" to 741741

LGBTQ+; (866) 488-7386 or text "Start" to 678678

HELPline at; (951) 686-4357

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Book Resources:

Suicide: The Forever Decision by Paul G. Quinnett

Children & Families: Tear Soup by Pat Schwiebert and Chuck DeKlyen

Thoughts for the Lonely Nights By Doug Manning

Waking Up Alive By Richard A Heckler, PhD

Learning to Say Goodby: When a Parent Dies By Eda LeShan

Night Falls Fast: Understanding Suicide By Kay Redfield Jamison

Healing From Depression: 12 Weeks to a Better Mood By Douglas Bloch

After Shock: Help, Hope, and Healing in the Wake of Suicide by David Cox & Candy Arrington

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Statistics:

-SUICIDE is the SECOND LEADING CAUSE OF DEATH for STUDENTS AGES 10-24. Every day in America there is an average of 5,400 suicide attempts in grades 7-12 (CDC)

-Suicide is the 10th leading cause of deaths in adults in 2017. Homicides rank 16th (QPR Institute) 

-47,173 suicides to 34,247 traffic fatalities (2017 NHTSA/CDC)

-Police- 140 suicides to 129 line of duty deaths & Firefighters- 103 suicides to 87 line of duty deaths (Ruderman Family Foundation/FEMA)

-US suicide rate up 33% since 1999, the past 20 years (CNN Report)

-1 suicide every 11 minutes =‘s 129 suicides every day (QPR Institute) 

 -25 attempts per 1 suicide ='s 47,000 suicides translates into 1,200,000 attempts annually (QPR Institute)

-6,252 young people (age 15-24) die by suicide each year (2017) at a rate of one suicide every two hours (QPR Institute) 

 

 

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