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SUICIDOLOGY TODAY

• Registration for Newly Scheduled Pyschological Autopsy Certification Training Courses in St. Paul, MN, Atlanta, GA, Los Angeles, CA, and Wellesley, MA

• Best Practices for Presentations by Suicide Loss and Suicide Attempt Survivors [PDF]

• SPRC Research to Practice Webinar
Saving our Youth: How One Native Community Reduced Teen Suicide

• Breakout schedules for Thursday, Friday, and Saturday at the Annual Conference

• AAS Featured in the Real Warriors Campaign February Partner Spotlight

• Call for Presentations for the 2012 DoD/VA Suicide Prevention Conference

• From the National Suicide Prevention Lifeline.. How to Report Suicidal Users on Facebook

• Prevalence, Persistence, and Sociodemographic Correlates of DSM-IV Disorders in the National Comorbity Survey Replication Adolescent Suppliment

• Call for Poster Abstracts for the 2012 DoD/VA Suicide Prevention Conference

• 2008 official final U.S. suicide data released by AAS!

• AAS Member named 2011 MacArthur Fellow

• From the CDC... Mental Illness Surveillance Among Adults in the US

• Surveillance for Violent Deaths - National Violent Death Reporting System 16 States, 2007 [PDF]

• BREAKING NEWS White House lifts ban on military suicide condolences

• Online First: Declining Autopsy Rates and Suicide Misclassification

• Journalists at Tampa TV station use skill, care, expertise to cover child's suicide

• Hot off the Press... [PDF]

• Press Release: Improving the Continuity of Care for Suicidal Patients after Discharge [PDF] Continuity of Care for Suicide Prevention and Research [PDF]

• Support NVDRS' proposed budget increase: AAS did! [PDF]

• Preliminary data for 2008 suicide deaths released. Read more...

• AAS' Video Evaluation Guidelines listed as Best Practice by SPRC! Check it out

• RRSR-PC Best Practices Announcement

• Read Newsweek's Article "Preventing and surviving suicide" featuring AAS Executive Director, Lanny Berman, Ph.D. here!

• AAS Awarded Contract to Develop New Suicide Prevention Training Program for US Marine Corps Watch PSA featuring David Draiman from Disturbed

• Is High Altitude Linked to Suicide Risk? Read more...

• Read Dan Field's recent article, "Middle Age Suicide"

IF YOU ARE IN CRISIS AND
NEED IMMEDIATE HELP,
please call 1-800-273-TALK (8255).

The American Association of Suicidology is an education and resource organization.
We do not provide direct services.

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SAMHSA Study: 8.3 Million had Serious Thoughts of Suicide in the Past Year

According to a Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration study, 3.7% of adults in the U.S. had serious thoughts, 2.3 million made a plan, and 1.1 million actually attempted suicide in the past year. Read more.