SOURCES for Suicide Prevention: We All Have a Role to Play

NOTE: If you or someone you know is thinking about suicide, Contact National Suicide Prevention Lifeline: 1-800-273-TALK (8255), or text 741741 and type “Hello.” Free and Confidential.

Means Matter: Duration of Suicidal Crisis. Harvard School of Public Health. https://www.hsph.harvard.edu/means-matter/means-matter/duration/

Office of the Chief Medical Examiner Annual Report 2019. Accessed online 8/11/21. https://www.vdh.virginia.gov/content/uploads/sites/18/2021/06/Annual-Report-2019-FINAL.pdf

Peterson C, Sussell A, Li J, Schumacher PK, Yeoman K, Stone DM. Suicide Rates by Industry and Occupation — National Violent Death Reporting System, 32 States, 2016. MMWR Morb Mortal Wkly Rep 2020;69:57–62. DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.15585/mmwr.mm6903a1

Suicide Prevention Resource Center 

Suicide Prevention: Fast Facts. U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, National Center for Injury Prevention and Control. Accessed 8/11/21. https://www.cdc.gov/suicide/facts/index.html

Suicide Statistics: American Foundation for Suicide Prevention https://afsp.org/suicide-statistics/

Suittt, T.H. High Suicide Rates among United States Service Members and Veterans of the Post 9/11 War. Accessed online 8/12/21. https://watson.brown.edu/costsofwar/files/cow/imce/papers/2021/Suitt_Suicides_Costs%20of%20War_June%2021%202021.pdf