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March 2010 Newsletter

NEW!!! Register and pay online for our Annual Walk for Awareness

Now accepting online donations via PayPal!

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)

hopes Newsletters

Resources for Survivors

WI Survivors Groups

Survivors Handbook

Memorials

Recommended Reading

 

 

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hopes in the News

Wisconsin suicide toll rises - LaCrosse Tribune

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

Lawrence University professor Kathleen Fuchs on suicide prevention - The Post-Crescent

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
"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.

 

"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
Last Updated: Wednesday March 10, 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.