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Scope Note: People age 10-24.

AAP statement: Suicide and suicide attempts in adolescents
URL: http://pediatrics.aappublications.org/cgi/content/full/120/3/669
Article in Pediatrics, Vol. 120 No. 3 September 2007, pp. 669-676. This report updates the previous statement of the American Academy of Pediatrics and is intended to assist the pediatrician in the identification and management of the adolescent at risk of suicide.
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America's children: Key national indicators of well-being, 2007
URL: http://www.childstats.gov/pdf/ac2007/ac_07.pdf
This report includes data on topics such as family and social environment, economic circumstances, health care, physical environment and safety, behavior, education, and health. Suicide data can be found on page 37, 39, and 142.
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Assessment of suicidal risk in children and adolescents
URL: http://www2.endingsuicide.com/TopicReq?id=1919
An online listing of interview, self-report, and screening tools for assessing suicide in children and adolescents, including behaviors, risk, intentionality, attitudes, reasons, exposure to suicide, and other factors. Includes psychometric properties, where to obtain the instrument, and references. Reproduced from a technical report submitted to the National Institute of Mental Health by D. Goldston (2000).
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Building bridges between residential and nonresidential services in systems of care: Summary of the Special Forum held at the 2006 Georgetown University Training Institutes
URL: http://gucchd.georgetown.edu/programs/ta_center/TrainingInstitutes/SpecialForums/Building%20Bridges%20Between%20Residential%20and%20Nonresidential%20Services%20in.pdf
Describes Building Bridges Summit (Omaha,NE, June 2006) and service delivery strategies.
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Calling from the rim: Suicidal behavior among American Indian and Alaska Native adolescents
URL: http://aianp.uchsc.edu/ncaianmhr/journal/pdf_files/Mono%204%20Calling%20from%20the%20rim.pdf
In 1990 the National Center for American Indian and Alaska Native Mental Health Research at the University of Colorado called together a group of experts in suicide prevention and Native American issues to examine the current state of research regarding suicide and Native Americans. This monograph includes a series of overviews and position papers prepared for this conference.
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Child and Adolescent Depression and Anxiety Tool Kit
URL: http://www.cshcn.org/resources/mentalhealthtoolkit.cfm
This tool kit has been developed in the form of a web page for health care providers, advocacy and community groups, and parents and families. Topics of the toolkit include: Introduction; Information for Families About Child and Adolescent Depression; Information for Families on Anxiety; Treatment and Referral for Depression and Anxiety; Resources for Parents and Caregivers; Resources for Kids and Teens; Resources for Professionals; Additional Resources; Spanish Language Resources
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Child and adolescent mental health toolkit
URL: http://www.mhatexas.org/2006CHILDandADOLESCENTMHToolkit.htm
Includes: bilingual children’s mental health brochures and mini-posters; "Positive parenting" fact sheet; relevant state and national resources; materials for "Children’s mental health" presentation; "Working with the media to promote children’s mental health" tip sheet; and a radio Public Service Announcement (PSA) on the subject.
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Consensus statement on youth suicide by firearms
URL: http://www.suicidology.org/c/document_library/get_file?folderId=235&name=DLFE-44.pdf
Consensus statement from the Youth Suicide by Firearms Task Force addressing the objective of decreasing the number of youth suicides by firearm; covers the areas of indicated interventions, selective interventions, universal interventions, and future directions.
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Cornell Research Program on Self-Injurious Behavior in Adolescents and Young Adults (CRPSIB)
URL: http://www.crpsib.com/default.asp
This website summarizes the program's work and provides links and resources for information of value in understanding, detecting, treating, and preventing self-injurious behavior (SIB) in adolescents and young adults.
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Cyber-Safe kids, cyber-savvy teens: Helping young people learn to make safe and responsible choices online
URL: http://www.cyberbully.org/documents/docs/cskcstread.pdf
This guide for parents discusses internet risks and concerns, including cyberbullying, for youth and presents protection strategies.
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Depression wellness guides for children and teens with depression and their parents
Physical Location/Acquisition Information: Can be ordered at: http://www.familyaware.org/teenguiderequest.php
Includes one guide for teens with depression and one for parents of teens and children with depression. They help you and your teen monitor your teen's depression treatment with daily and weekly tools. They are for families with children who are already diagnosed with depression (not bipolar disorder) and are in treatment (in talk therapy and/or taking antidepressants).
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Early childhood mental health consultation: An evaluation tool kit
URL: http://gucchd.georgetown.edu/files/products_publications/TACenter/ecmhc_toolkit.pdf
Combines a brief review of the literature and current research addressing the effectiveness of early childhood mental health consultation with guidance for designing and implementing program evaluation. It will help states, communities, and programs increase their capacity for high-quality evaluation of early childhood mental health consultation in community-based settings.
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Endangered youth: A report on suicide among adolescents involved with the child welfare and juvenile justice systems
URL: http://www.chdi.org/publications.php?category=juvenile-justice
This report familiarizes professionals from a broad range of agencies with an interdisciplinary framework that addresses the suicide risk factors for children, youth and their families involved in the child welfare and juvenile justice systems. Case studies illustrate the challenges confronting families, communities and professionals, while offering opportunities for learning and development of effective service delivery.
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Engaging primary care practitioners in suicide prevention (Adolescents)
URL: http://www.sprc.org/grantees/pdf/2006/Wintersteen_Engaging.pdf
State/Tribal/Adolescents at Risk Suicide Prevention Grantee Technical Assistance Meeting. December 12–14, 2006, North Bethesda, MD. Discusses adolescent suicide prevention training modules for primary care practitioners.
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Ensuring the seventh generation: A youth suicide prevention toolkit for tribal child welfare programs
URL: http://www.nicwa.org/YouthSuicidePreventionToolkit/YSPToolkit.pdf
This toolkit is intended for tribal child welfare workers and care providers. It discusses: child and youth suicide risk factors; specific risk factors associated with children served in child welfare; warning signs for caseworkers and care providers to be alert to; suicide prevention and intervention strategies that can be applied in child welfare agencies; and mobilization of support networks around particular children.
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Guidelines for selecting a video on youth suicide prevention
URL: http://www.suicidology.org/c/document_library/get_file?folderId=236&name=DLFE-139.pdf
This brochure recommends how to choose an instructional video as one part of a comprehensive suicide prevention curriculum for teaching basic skills and concepts to youth. The Best Practices Registry (BPR) is mentioned as a resource for selecting a youth suicide prevention curriculum.
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Injury mortality among American Indian and Alaska Native children and youth – United States, 1989—1998.
URL: http://www.cdc.gov/mmwr/preview/mmwrhtml/mm5230a2.htm
Published as: Morbidity and mortality weekly report / Centers for Disease Control. August 1, 2003/ 52(30);697-701. Injuries account for 75% of all deaths among American Indian and Alaska Native (AI/AN) children and youth (1), and AI/ANs have an overall injury-related death rate that is twice the U.S. rate for all racial/ethnic populations (2). However, rate disparities vary by area and by cause. To help focus prevention efforts, CDC analyzed injury mortality data by Indian Health Service (IHS) administrative area and by race/ethnicity. This report summarizes the results of these analyses.
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Integrating mental health services into primary care settings: Summary of the Special Forum held at the 2006 Georgetown University Training Institutes
URL: http://gucchd.georgetown.edu/programs/ta_center/TrainingInstitutes/SpecialForums/Integrating%20Mental%20Health%20Services%20into%20Primary%20Care%20Settings.pdf
Includes an overview of child mental health issues in primary health care sector and a description of effective service delivery strategies.
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Juvenile suicides, 1981–1998
URL: http://www.ncjrs.org/pdffiles1/ojjdp/196978.pdf
8 pages. Published as: OJJDP Youth Violence Research Series, Bulletin, March 2004. Examines mortality statistics compiled by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, comparing the characteristics of juvenile suicides with those of juvenile murders. This OJJDP Bulletin, part of the Youth Violence Research Series, reveals that suicide was the fourth leading cause of death for juveniles ages 7–17, behind accidental deaths, homicides, and cancer. More than 20,000 juveniles committed suicide between 1981 and 1998, almost as many as were victims of homicide during the same period.
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Leading causes of injuries among children and adolescents
URL: http://www.astho.org/pubs/AdolescentfactsheetfinalAugust2006.pdf
Injury Prevention Fact Sheet. 2006 Aug. Describes suicide as the third leading cause of death among individuals ages 15 to 24. Presents the Garrett Lee Smith Memorial Act and the Oregon's Safe Teens program as the major recent developments in suicide prevention.
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Let’s talk facts about teen suicide
URL: http://www.healthyminds.org/multimedia/teensuicide.pdf
Includes basic facts on adolescent suicide: causes; signals; statistics; prevention strategies; and a list of resources.
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Looking for something to look forward to: A five-year retrospective review of child and youth suicide in B.C.
URL: http://www.hopeline.com/pdf/cdru-suicide-report-full.pdf
This report highlights the need for better recognition of youth suicide risk factors. The authors studied the files of 81 Canadian (B.C.) children, aged 12-18, who died by suicide between January 1, 2003 and December 31, 2007. More than two-thirds of these children had exhibited previous suicidal behavior, and most had reached out to someone for help before their deaths.
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The mental health of adolescents: A national profile, 2008
URL: http://nahic.ucsf.edu/downloads/MentalHealthBrief.pdf
This brief highlights existing national data about adolescent mental health status, assesses shortcomings of current data and offers recommendations to address these limitations.
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Mental health risk factors, unmet needs, and provider availability for rural children: Executive summary
URL: http://rhr.sph.sc.edu/report/SCRHRC_MH_Risk_Children_Exec_Sum.pdf
The study uses the 2001 National Health Interview Survey, a nationally representative survey of the U.S. population. Key findings: nearly 1 of every 4 rural children has a potential mental health problem; rural African-American children had the highest prevalence of conduct problems and hyperactive behavior; over 1.9 million rural children with mental health problems live in areas with minimal to no care available.
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New developments in understanding and treating self-injury (SPRC Discussion Series)
URL: http://www.sprc.org/traininginstitute/disc_series/disc_10.asp
A presentation on self-injury which discusses the classification of self-injurious behaviors, the difference between self-injury and attempted suicide and options for treatment. The Research to Practice webinar webpage contains an author biography, PowerPoint slides, and an audio file of the discussion.
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No longer alone: A resource manual for rural sexual minority youth and the adults who serve them
URL: http://www.nyacyouth.org/docs/ruralyouth/NoLongerAlone.pdf
This resource manual assists concerned adults in creating safe environments for rural gay youth. Includes information for students, teachers, and social service providers. Offers a comprehensive list of resources.
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Parent guidelines for crisis response
URL: http://www.sprc.org/library/parentguidelinesforcrisisresponse.pdf
Describes the types of behaviors/reactions that parents can expect of their children after a crisis; reactions of parents after a crisis involving themselves or their children; what parents can do to address the reactions of their children; and when children should receive additional help in the form of professional intervention.
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Parental consent act of 2005
URL: http://frwebgate.access.gpo.gov/cgi-bin/getdoc.cgi?dbname=109_cong_bills&docid=f:h181ih.txt.pdf
This bill, H.R. 181 (109) introduced in January 2005 by Congressman Ron Paul of Texas to prohibit the use of Federal funds for any universal or mandatory mental health screening program. To follow this bill through the legislative process, please see: http://capwiz.com/moaa/issues/bills/?billnum=H.R.181&congress=109&size=full
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ParentsMedGuide.org
URL: http://www.parentsmedguide.org/parentsmedguide.pdf
A website that contains information for parents and physicians on the use of medication in treating childhood and adolescent depression, including information on the FDA "black-box" warnings. There is also a Spanish-language version of the site: http://www.parentsmedguide.org/indexespanol.htm
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A parent’s guide to recognizing and treating depression in your child
URL: http://www.yspp.org/resources-Links/documents/YSPP_depression_Final_low.pdf
Brochure for parents which includes information on how to recognize signs of depression in their children, treatment options, and suggested resources for different age groups.
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Practice parameter for the assessment and treatment of children and adolescents with substance use disorders.
URL: http://www.guideline.gov/summary/summary.aspx?doc_id=6507
This practice guideline seeks to aid clinicians in the assessment and treatment of children and adolescents with substance use disorders.
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Practice parameters for the assessment and treatment of children and adolescents with depressive disorders
URL: http://www.guideline.gov/summary/summary.aspx?doc_id=11404&nbr=005924&string=screening+AND+depression
Provides guidelines on screening, evaluation, treatment and prevention of child and adolescent depression.
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Preventing Tragedy: Bringing an End to Youth Suicide
URL: http://www.tapartnership.org/specialtopics/preventing_tragedy.asp
July 2004 Special Topics Column of Technical Assistance Partnership for Child and Family Mental Health (TA Partnership) This article supplies a knowledge base. It introduces populations that are at risk and reasons why young people are turning to suicide. The article communicates some of the risk factors that may influence youth decision-making and some of the warning signs that may indicate that an adolescent is contemplating suicide. Further, it suggests next steps, how to talk to young people about suicide, and how to help yourself if you are contemplating taking your own life. (Description from the TA Partnership Web site.
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Preventing youth suicide in rural America: Recommendations to states
URL: http://www.sprc.org/library/ruralyouth.pdf
SPRC and the State and Territorial Injury Prevention Directors Association formed a workgroup to generate recommendations to prevent suicide among rural youth. This report details the recommendations for state-level agencies to address promoting help-seeking behaviors, data and surveillance, services, screening and identification, gatekeeper training, bereavement, and survivor issues.
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Preventing youth suicide through gatekeeper training: A resource book for gatekeepers
URL: http://www.maine.gov/suicide/docs/gkeepbook.pdf
This book is intended to be used as part of an interactive youth suicide prevention gatekeeper training. As it contains more information than can possibly be covered in a one-day training, it is also designed to serve as a resource book for trained gatekeepers.
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Promising Practices to Prevent Adolescent Suicide: What We Can Learn from New Jersey
URL: http://www.shepscenter.unc.edu/publications/suicidepreventionNJ.pdf
This report provides an in-depth examination of New Jersey’s policies and practices targeting teen suicide as well as a literature review of suicide prevention strategies nationwide that have shown the most promise for school programs, communities, and health care partners.
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A psychological autopsy of the suicide of an academically gifted student: researchers’ and parents’ perspectives
URL: http://www.geniusdenied.com/articles/Record.aspx?NavID=13_23&rid=13861
[Journal Article] From: Gifted Child Quarterly, Vol. 46, No.4, Fall 2002. This study uses the methods and procedures of psychological autopsy to portray the life of an academically gifted college student who completed suicide.
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Rural suicide prevention
URL: http://www.marshfieldclinic.org/nfmc/Pages/Proxy.aspx?Content=MCRF-Centers-NFMC-resources-childresources-ss-suicidesafety.1.pdf
A two-page fact sheet containing information on adolescent rural suicide prevention.
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Screening as an approach to suicide prevention in adolescents
URL: http://www.sprc.org/featured_resources/trainingandevents/conferences/pa/pdf/ScreeningApproachSuicidePrevention.pdf
From SPRC’s Suicide Prevention Regional Planning Conference- Regions 3 & 5, May 2005. This presentation by Jvan Pena and Eric Caine describes terminology, methods, and tools for adolescent suicide screening as well discusses feasibility, effectiveness and considerations for implanting a screening program.
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Services for African American children and families: Summary of the Special Forum held at the 2006 Georgetown University Training Institutes
URL: http://gucchd.georgetown.edu/programs/ta_center/TrainingInstitutes/SpecialForums/Services%20for%20African%20American%20Children%20and%20Families.pdf
Focuses on behavioral health services to African-American children and families, with an emphasis on the needs of families in crisis.
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Services for Asian and Pacific Islander children and families: Summary of the Special Forum held at the 2006 Georgetown University Training Institutes
URL: http://gucchd.georgetown.edu/programs/ta_center/TrainingInstitutes/SpecialForums/Services%20for%20Asian%20and%20Pacific%20Islander%20Children%20and%20Families.pdf
Describes culturally competent behavioral health services for Asian Americans and service system challenges.
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Services for children with co-occurring mental health disorders and developmental disabilities and their families; Summary of the Special Forum held at the 2006 Georgetown University Training Institutes
URL: http://gucchd.georgetown.edu/programs/ta_center/TrainingInstitutes/SpecialForums/Services%20for%20Children%20with%20Co-Occurring%20Mental%20Health%20Disorders%20and%20Developmental%20Disabilities%20and%20their%20Families.pdf
Discusses barriers to providing appropriate and effective services to youth with both emotional disorders and developmental disabilities; the strategies implemented in Allegheny County, PA to address these barriers; and federal efforts on system change.
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Services for gay, lesbian, bisexual, transgender, and questioning youth and their families: Summary of the Special Forum held at the 2006 Georgetown University Training Institutes
URL: http://gucchd.georgetown.edu/programs/ta_center/TrainingInstitutes/SpecialForums/Services%20for%20GLB,%20Transgender,%20and%20Questioning%20Youth%20and%20their%20Families.pdf
Describes terminology to be used in the discussion and common misconceptions; cultural issues; experience of GLBTQ youth; and a number of strategies that can be implemented to help GLBTQ youth.
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Services for Hispanic children and families: Summary of the Special Forum held at the 2006 Georgetown University Training Institutes
URL: http://gucchd.georgetown.edu/programs/ta_center/TrainingInstitutes/SpecialForums/Services%20for%20Hispanic%20Children%20and%20Families.pdf
Describes: a framework for culturally competent services, particularly in terms of reaching populations of color; the use of community health workers; and challenges of serving Hispanic children and families (with a case example).
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Services for youth and families in kinship care: Summary of the Special Forum held at the 2006 Georgetown University Training Institutes
URL: http://gucchd.georgetown.edu/programs/ta_center/TrainingInstitutes/SpecialForums/Services%20for%20Youth%20in%20Kinship%20Care.pdf
Describes the Florida Kinship Center at the University of South Florida from the program organizers and provider’s perspectives.
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Services for youth from military families: Summary of the Special Forum held at the 2006 Georgetown University Training Institutes
URL: http://gucchd.georgetown.edu/programs/ta_center/TrainingInstitutes/SpecialForums/Services%20for%20Youth%20from%20Military%20Families.pdf
Describes: challenges of military life for children and families; emotional cycle of deployment; the Deployment Effects on Child and Adolescent Mental Health Program; and the Tragedy Assistance Program for Survivors.
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Services for youth with co-occurring mental health and substance abuse disorders and their families: Summary of the Special Forum held at the 2006 Georgetown University Training Institutes
URL: http://gucchd.georgetown.edu/programs/ta_center/TrainingInstitutes/SpecialForums/Services%20for%20Youth%20with%20Co-Occurring%20Mental%20Health%20and%20Substance%20Abuse%20Disorders%20and%20their%20Families.pdf
Describes: integrated co-occurring treatment (a program in Cuyahoga County, OH); individualized, strengths-based services (Action Coalition to Ensure Stability); and financing streams.
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Services in Native American communities: Summary of the Special Forum held at the 2006 Georgetown University Training Institutes
URL: http://www.mockingbirdsociety.org/files/reference/Mental_Health_and_Foster_Care/Native_American_Services.pdf
Describes basic American Indian issues and service delivery strategies for this population group.
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Services in rural and frontier communities: Summary of the Special Forum Held at the 2006
URL: http://gucchd.georgetown.edu/programs/ta_center/TrainingInstitutes/SpecialForums/Services%20in%20Rural%20and%20Frontier%20Communities.pdf
Discusses development of a National Plan for Rural Behavioral Health and service delivery challenges by family and youth perspectives.
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Services in urban communities: Summary of the special forum held at the 2006 Georgetown University Training Institutes
URL: http://gucchd.georgetown.edu/programs/ta_center/TrainingInstitutes/SpecialForums/Services%20in%20Urban%20Communities.pdf
Discusses 3 mental health care systems: Coordinated Children’s Services Initiative, System of Care Chicago and Louisiana YES project.
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Specialized emergency room intervention for suicidal adolescent females (SPRC BPR Fact Sheet)
URL: http://www.sprc.org/featured_resources/bpr/ebpp_PDF/spec_emergency_rm.pdf
A fact sheet that describes a specialized emergency room intervention for suicidal adolescent females. This intervention provides specialized emergency room care for female adolescent suicide attempters and their mothers. Includes a description of the program, evaluation designs and outcomes, the intended audience, and targeted protective and risk factors.
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State efforts to prevent youth suicide
URL: http://www.astho.org/pubs/YOUTHSUICIDEISSUEBRIEF61404.pdf
5 pages. Issue Brief from April 2004. The Association of State and Territorial Health Officials (ASTHO) Injury Prevention project has recently published an issue brief examining the burden and costs of youth suicide. The document discusses state prevention activities, with an emphasis on ASTHO’s series of youth suicide prevention regional roundtables and policy development workshops.
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Strategies for working in foster care settings (Presentation)
URL: http://www.sprc.org/grantees/pdf/2006/Collins_WorkingFosterCareSettings.pdf
State/Tribal/Adolescents at Risk Suicide Prevention Grantee Technical Assistance Meeting. December 12–14, 2006, North Bethesda, MD. Discusses: why children and youth come into foster care; what unique mental health needs these children have; and working with the Child Welfare System.
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Substance Use and the Risk of Suicide Among Youths.
URL: http://www.sprc.org/library/subyouth.pdf
Published as The NHSDA Report (National Household Survey on Drug Abuse), July 12, 2002.
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Suicidality and help-seeking behaviors in American Indian youth
URL: http://www.rtc.pdx.edu/PDF/dt143.pdf
Data Trend #143 May 2007. This fact sheet summarizes research on suicidality and help-seeking behavior in American Indian youth and discusses the importance of culture in determining both outcomes.
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Suicidality in Children and Adolescents Being Treated with Antidepressant Medications
URL: http://www.fda.gov/CDER/Drug/antidepressants/SSRIPHA200410.htm
FDA Public Health Advisory announcing a multi-pronged strategy to warn the public about the increased risk of suicidal thoughts and behavior ("suicidality") in children and adolescents being treated with antidepressant medications.
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Suicide and gay/lesbian/bisexual youth: implications for clinicians
URL: http://www.ucm.es/info/rqtr/biblioteca/Violencia%20gltb/suicide%20in%20gltb%20youth%20implications%20for%20clinicians.pdf
[Journal Article] Published in: Journal of Adolescence 2001, 24, 39–49. The research indicating the incidence rates and specific risks for suicide in the gay, lesbian, bisexual, and questioning (GLBQ) adolescent population is reviewed. An ecological model of suicide risk assessment for GLBQ youth is presented based on Bronfenbrenner’s model of human development. The model argues for individual, micro, and macro levels of assessment to increase clinical judgement and accuracy in determining high risk GLBQ adolescents. The model also delineates both primary and secondary intervention strategies which could be utilized to prevent GLBQ youth suicide.
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Suicide and prevention among gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgender youth
URL: http://www.sprc.org/library/AAS_GLBT_Youth_SP_2008.pdf
PowerPoint slides from a workshop at the 2008 American Association of Suicidology conference. The workshop focused on suicidal behavior among gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgender (GLBT) youth. The slides cover research and terminology, risk and protective factors, agency assessment, and implications for suicide prevention programs.
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Suicide contagion
URL: http://suicideandmentalhealthassociationinternational.org/suiconclust.html
This article defines the terminology of suicide contagion and answers basic questions about the phenomena of suicide clusters.
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Suicide in youth- American Behavioral Scientist Issue
URL: http://www.sagepub.com/journalTOC.aspx?pid=171
[Journal Issue] American Behavioral Scientist, Volume 46, Number 9, May 2003 Click on the link to see the table of contents for the issue. The whole issue is dedicated to Suicide in Youth. Articles include "Suicide in College Students", "Media Contagion and Suicide Among Youth", and "School Approaches to Youth Suicide Prevention"
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Suicide prevention and the Internet
URL: http://www.suicideinfo.ca/csp/assets/alert57.pdf
SIEC Alert. 2005 Jan; 57. Describes the suicide prevention possibilities of Internet; provides examples of preventive Internet services for youth.
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Suicide prevention: A parent and teen guide to recognizing suicide warning signs (MHA in Texas)
URL: http://parentinginformation.org/Suicide.pdf
Lists major signs of adolescent's suicidal state of mind. Briefly describes critical prevention actions that parents and friends can take. Spanish translation included.
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Suicide trends among youths and young adults aged 10-24 years- United States, 1990-2004
URL: http://www.cdc.gov/mmwr/preview/mmwrhtml/mm5635a2.htm?s_cid=mm5635a2_e
Published as: Morbidity and mortality weekly report-September 7, 2007:56(35);905-908. Discusses trends in data for youth suicide in the U.S. from 1990-2004.
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Suicide, depression, and youth drinking
URL: http://media.shs.net/prevline/pdfs/suicide2002.pdf
In Prevention Alert, Volume 5, Number 17 December 13, 2002. Facts about youth suicide and co-occurring disorders.
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Suicide: Adolescents and young adults
URL: http://nahic.ucsf.edu/downloads/Suicide.pdf
A fact sheet about suicide among adolescents and young adults.
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Table of all screening tools & rating scales
URL: http://www2.massgeneral.org/schoolpsychiatry/screeningtools_table.asp
The screening tools and rating scales in this table can be used to help measure a young person’s mental health symptoms, and/or measure progress after interventions are put in place at school or at home. For each screening tool or rating scale, the table indicates: the age range for the instrument, who completes the instrument, the number of items in the instrument and how long it takes to complete, and whether free access is available on line.
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Teachers [SPRC Customized Information Page]
URL: http://www.sprc.org/featured_resources/customized/teachers.asp
From the SPRC Customized Information Series. A page created for teachers that contains information on recognizing and responding to warning signs, resource materials about suicide prevention, including programs, as well as other suicide prevention information relevant to teachers.
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Teen suicide
URL: http://www.safeyouth.org/scripts/teens/docs/suicide.pdf
Information for teens on suicide in this documents includes: statistics, who is at risk, what you can do, if you are thinking about suicide, helpful links, and references (many of which are can be linked to directly on the Internet).
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Teen suicide prevention
Physical Location/Acquisition Information: To order, visit http://www.tpronline.org/issue.cfm/Teen_Suicide_Prevention
Prevention Researcher. 2006 Sep; 13(3). Includes articles on: recognizing youth who is at risk for suicide; warning signs; prevention strategies and programs; and the unique needs and experiences of Native American youth, and gay and lesbian youth.
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Teens ( SPRC Customized Information Series)
URL: http://www.sprc.org/featured_resources/customized/teens.asp
Information for teens on warning signs for suicide and how to help themselves as well as their peers.
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Understanding and using data for youth suicide prevention: A hands-on, crash course for beginners
URL: http://www.sprc.org/traininginstitute/disc_series/disc_14.asp
A presentation on understanding and using data for youth suicide prevention which discusses how to determine whether data changes are significant. The Research to Practice webinar webpage contains an author biography, PowerPoint slides, an audio file of the discussion, and a handout.
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Young adult suicide & student status: Findings from a pilot for the National Violent Death Reporting System
URL: http://www.sprc.org/library/YouthSuicideStudentStatus.pdf
This fact sheet contains analyzed data from NVISS, a precursor to the CDC's National Violent Death Reporting System, that determines how many of the 18-24 year-old suicide decedents were and were not students at a college or other post secondary education program. The fact sheet also compares characteristics of non-student and student suicides to identify opportunities for prevention in both groups.
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Youth and young adults suicide prevention checklist
URL: http://www.rochesterpreventsuicide.org/checklist.html
This checklist of the elements needed for a successful prevention effort was created at the Youth and Young Adults conference, which was held as part of the Preventing Suicide: A Scientific Consensus process developed by the University of Rochester Center for the Study and Prevention of Suicide. The checklist emphasizes prevention efforts in youth, but can be used as a checklist for prevention efforts with any population.
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Youth Risk Behavior Surveillance: United States, 2007
URL: http://www.cdc.gov/mmwr/preview/mmwrhtml/ss5704a1.htm?s_cid=ss5704a1_e
Published as: Morbidity and mortality weekly report / Centers for Disease Control. June 6, 2008 / 57(SS04);1-131 Summary of the results of the Youth Risk Behavior Surveillance System (YRBSS), which includes data on suicidal ideation and behavior among youth. The summary includes results from the national survey, 39 state surveys, and 22 local surveys conducted among students in grades 9-12 during 2007.
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Youth suicide and attempted suicide
URL: http://www.cdc.gov/mmwr/PDF/wk/mm5322.pdf
Published as: Morbidity and mortality weekly report / Centers for Disease Control. June 11, 2004 / 53(22);471. This issue features articles on youth suicide and attempted suicide. The analysis of 10 years (1992-2001) of data on the 10-19 year old age group and suicide method has been summarized in this report. This issue also contains data on suicide attempts and physical fighting among high school students; school-associated suicides; suicide among Hispanics; and suicide and attempted suicide in China. The suicide trends characterized in this bulletin can help in planning successful prevention programs.
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Youth suicide and self-harm: What advocates need to know
URL: http://www.sprc.org/library/PilnikABA_suicidepreventionandFC.pdf
This article was developed for attorneys who work with adolescents in the child welfare system. It provides background information on youth suicide and self-harm and describes what attorneys can do to identify warning signs and ensure that at-risk youth receive the mental health care they need. It also describes ways attorneys can help reduce risk factors, promote protective factors, and advocate for policy change.
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Youth suicide fact sheet
URL: http://www.suicidology.org/web/guest/stats-and-tools/fact-sheets
This fact sheet presents statistics and major research findings on suicide among: adolescents and young adults(ages 15-19 and 15-24); children (ages 10-14); and college students. Click on Youth and Suicide [PDF] link.
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Youth suicide: Findings from a pilot for the National Violent Death Reporting System
URL: http://www.sprc.org/library/YouthSuicideFactSheet.pdf
This fact sheet contains analyzed data from NVISS, a precursor to the CDC's National Violent Death Reporting System that offers information about issues surrounding youth (under age 18) at the time of death and methods used.
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YRBSS: Youth Risk Behavior Surveillance System
URL: http://www.cdc.gov/HealthyYouth/yrbs/index.htm
The YRBSS was developed in 1990 to monitor priority health risk behaviors that contribute markedly to the leading causes of death, disability, and social problems among youth and adults in the United States.
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