| Every day, someone is impacted by suicide. It touches millions of people across America’s communities. For the third week of Suicide Prevention Month, we are focusing on understanding suicide, knowing the warning signs and risk factors, and how to support someone at risk for suicide. Understanding the issues concerning suicide is an important way to take part in suicide prevention, help others in crisis, and change the conversation around suicide.
How You Can Help
- Explore Suicide and Suicidal Behavior, SAMHSA’s new webpage, which includes suicide-related data, warning signs, ways to prevent suicide, and information about SAMHSA’s suicide prevention programs and initiatives.
- Read SAMHSA’s press release about new grant awards: Biden-Harris Administration Announces $68 Million Awarded for Suicide Prevention, Mental Health Care Programs in support of President Biden’s Unity Agenda for the Nation.
- September 18: Register for the U.S. Department of Education’s webinar, Suicide Prevention: Building Protective Factors to Keep Students Safe, featuring speakers from SAMHSA’s Suicide Prevention Branch and the Garrett Lee Smith State/Tribal grant program.
- September 25: Watch the livestream of SAMHSA’s webinar, Answering the Call: Empowering Communities to Prevent Suicide Among Black Youth, featuring youth with lived experience, subject matter experts, and SAMHSA speakers.
- Educate yourself and others about suicide prevention: Learn the warning signs and risk factors for suicide, how to support someone who may be considering suicide, and share the 988 Suicide & Crisis Lifeline.
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