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National Suicide Prevention Lifeline

800-273-TALK [8255]
800-799-4TTY [4889] (TTY)
888-628-9454 (Español)

Other Crisis lines

Suicide Prevention Resources

QPR Training (Question, Persuade, Refer)

Wisconsin Suicide Prevention Strategy

Suicide Prevention Fact Sheet (.pdf)

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Resources for Survivors

WI Survivors Groups

Survivors Handbook

Memorials

Recommended Reading

 

 

SAVE THE DATE

 

Our ANNUAL WALK FOR AWARENESS will be ...

 

Saturday, May 1st, 2010

 OLIN PARK, Madison, WI

 

8:30 a.m.   Registration

10:00 a.m.  Walk Begins

 

 

"I am involved in suicide prevention because I don’t want another family to feel the pain that we have felt since the loss of our son, Tim.  I don’t want another young woman to go through life without her brother."  - Mary Doemel, Florence, WI

 

hopes in the News

Look Closer. Listen Harder. Campaign featured on Life Under Deadline - WISC Madison

Groups Work Together To Raise Awareness About Suicide Prevention - WISC Madison

Learning to recognize the language of depression - Wisconsin State Journal


Suicide Prevention News

Media Should Tread Carefully In Covering Suicide - National Public Radio

National Study Examines Suicidal Thoughts and Behaviors

Dane County Executive to Include Mental Health Crisis Center in 2010 Budget Wisconsin State Journal

Meeting IRL to Save Lives Online - Suicide Prevention in the Age of New Media - American Association of Suicidology
"Still, the effort seems unhurried.

Every seventeen minutes in America someone commits suicide.

Where is the public concern and outrage?"

- Kay Redfield Jamison, Ph.D., Professor of Psychiatry, the Johns Hopkins School of Medicine.

 

 

Last Updated: Monday February 08, 2010
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Disclaimer: hopes is not a crisis or counseling service. If you are suicidal, the National Suicide Prevention Lifeline, 1-800-273-TALK (8255), provides access to trained telephone counselors, 24 hours a day, 7 days a week. The diagnosis and treatment of depression and other psychiatric disorders should be performed by health care professionals. The information on this site is for educational purposes only.