Preventing Youth Suicide

Are you looking for up to date resources to understand youth suicide? Suicide is the second leading cause of death for young people. It is important that youth and their parents, caregivers and teachers understand how suicide impacts young people.

Below you find a number of resources to understand youth suicide and ways you can help youth manage their suicidal thoughts.

Remember! Talking about suicide does not cause suicide.

Information Sheets

Responding to Stressful Events: Helping Teens Cope: This brochure discusses how to help teens cope with stressful events, as well as explains the reactions we can expect and how to help.

Teen Suicide: Is There An Epidemic?: This 4 page resource talks about media reportage on youth suicide and why there is a rise of teen female suicide.

Youth and Suicide Fact Sheet; Young people face significant internal and external stressors, including social, physiological, and neurological change. Being an adolescent can involve many challenges. Check out this fact sheet for more information on risk factors for youth, warning signs, and more.

Toolkits

A Suicide Prevention Tool Kit – Youth Suicide Prevention: This resource is a brief introduction into the topic of youth suicide. They outline statistics, warning signs for suicide, why younger people (ages 13-19) can be at risk for suicide and how these suicides can be prevented. You’ll also learn how to have a conversation with someone you’re worried about.

Best Practices in School-based Suicide Prevention: A Comprehensive Approach; This 52 page guide is intended to provide a framework to help school administrators and their partners develop comprehensive planning for suicide prevention.

Teenage Suicide: A Leading Cause Of Death: Suicide doesn’t discriminate. Anyone of any gender, age, race or socioeconomic status might feel suicidal at any point in their lives – even if they “have it all” or appear to be happy from the outside. However, teenagers are specifically at risk for suicide. Teenage years are a stressful time and there are many major physical and emotional changes to contend with. This article answers some frequently asked questions surrounding youth suicide to inform everyone on how to help youth and those who care for them and what can be done to help.

Toolkit: After a Student Suicide : This toolkit provides practical information to schools for after a student has died by suicide.

Toolkit For Teen Suicide : This 16 page toolkit talks about the statistics, trends, risk factors, protective factors, suicide ideation, theories of suicide, and cyber bullying.

Websites

Aidaen’s Place Youth Wellness Centre: Free wellness-based support for youth ages 9-17 and their families in Yarmouth. Offers life skills programs and community activity opportunities.

Responding to Stressful Events: Helping Teens Cope: This brochure discusses how to help teens cope with stressful events, as well as explains the reactions we can expect and how to help.

Best Practices in School-based Suicide Prevention: A Comprehensive Approach: This 52 page guide is intended to provide a framework to help school administrators and their partners develop comprehensive planning for suicide prevention.

Brochures

Youth and Self-Injury – Download Here.

Children, Youth and Depression – Download here.