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Suicide Prevention Toolkits and Resources

Aboriginal Communities

Toolkits

Indigenous People Suicide Prevention Resource Toolkit. Centre for Suicide Prevention (2013).

Resources

First Nations and Inuit Hope for Wellness Help Line – 1-855-242-3310
If you are FEELING SAD or DISTRESSED and want to talk, support is a phone call away. Service is available in Cree, Ojibway, Inuktitut, English and French. Callers may ask about the availability of services in the language of their choice.

Honoring Life Network
http://www.honouringlife.ca/
Project of the National Aboriginal Health Organization offering culturally relevant Aboriginal youth suicide prevention resources in English, French, and Inuktituk.

National Aboriginal Health Organization
www.naho.ca
Organization dedicated to advancing the health and well-being of First Nations, Inuit, and Metis persons by providing information and resources regarding various health-related topics.

River of Life Program
http://riveroflifeprogram.ca/
Online training program for professionals working with aboriginal youth between the ages of 15 – 24.

First Responders/Clinicians

First RespondersTrauma Intervention & Suicide Prevention: Suicide Prevention Resource Toolkit. Centre for Suicide Prevention (2015).

CAMH Suicide Prevention and Assessment Handbook: Use for clinical staff in Suicide Programs. Centre for Addiction and Mental health (2015).

For Anyone Impacted By A Suicide Attempt

Toolkit for people who have been impacted by a suicide attempt (Mental Health Commission of Canada)

General

CMHA NS CAST Program Community Suicide Awareness CAN-Kit (2016).

Depression and Suicide Prevention: Resource Toolkit. Centre for Suicide Prevention (2015).

How to Support Those Living With Suicide Loss: Canadian Association for Suicide Prevention (2014).

Substance use disorder and suicide prevention: Resource toolkit. Centre for Suicide Prevention (2014). 

Suicide Prevention Primer: Suicide Prevention Resource Toolkit. Centre for Suicide Prevention (2013).

I’m a Suicide Attempt Survivor- Canadian Association for Suicide Prevention

LGBTQ

LGBTQ Suicide Prevention Resource toolkit. SuicideInfo.ca (2013).

Suicide Prevention Among LGBT Youth. Suicide Prevention Resource Center (2014).

Gay & Suicidal: Sexual and Gender Minorities and Suicide Resource Toolkit. Centre for Suicide Prevention (2012).

Men

Toolkits

Men and Suicide Resource Toolkit: A High Risk Population. Centre for Suicide Prevention (2014)

Men and Suicide toolkit: Center for Suicide Prevention (2017)

Resources

Heads Up Guys
https://headsupguys.org/
For Men. About Men. Health Strategies For Managing And Preventing Depression

Headstrong – Taking Things Head-On
https://headstrong.life/about-the-project/
Helps with access resources and care for men’s mental health. In participating pharmacies, you will find the knowledge and skills of pharmacists in helping men in their communities who live with any or all of the following: depression, anxiety, insomnia, problems with alcohol and/or tobacco, and thoughts, intentions, and/or behaviours related to suicide. Visit a pharmacy today.

Movember Foundation
The only charity tackling men’s health on a global scale, year round. Addressing some of the biggest health issues faced by men: prostate cancer, testicular cancer, and mental health and suicide prevention.

The Man-Up Against Suicide (MUAS) project
http://www.manupagainstsuicide.ca/
To better understand men’s depression and suicide from the perspective of men who have previously experienced suicidality and the perspectives of men and women who have lost a male to suicide as a means to stimulating community conversations and destigmatizing men’s depression and suicide.

The Men’s Depression and Suicide Network
http://menshealthresearch.ubc.ca/
The Men’s Depression and Suicide Network (MD&S-Net) comprises 5 projects dedicated to developing, implementing, and formally evaluating a suite of innovative men-centred, face-to-face and online technology interventions.

Military

Military Suicide Prevention Toolkit. Centre for Suicide Prevention (2014). 

Older Adults

Plus 65: Senior’s Suicide Prevention Resource Toolkit. Centre for Suicide Prevention (2014). 

Survivors of Suicide Loss

Survivors of Suicide Loss and Postvention Professionals (2016). 

Women

Beneath the Smile: A Woman’s Suicide Prevention Toolkit. Centre for Suicide Prevention (2012).

Women and Suicide Toolkit: Center for suicide Prevention (2017)

Eating Disorders Among Girls and Women In Canada: Report of the Standing Committee on the Status of Women (2014)

Workplace

The Workplace and Suicide Prevention: A Suicide Prevention Toolkit: Centre for Suicide Prevention (2016)

Suicide Prevention in the Workplace- Who’s Responsibility is it?: Working Minds.

A Manager’s Guide to Suicide Postvention in the Workplace: The Workplace Postvention Taskforce (2013)

Youth & Young Adults

After A Student Suicide, How to Respond, How to Help: A Suicide Prevention Toolkit. Centre for Suicide Prevention (2016).

Not a child: Children and Suicide Resource Toolkit. Centre for Suicide Prevention (2013). 

Teen Suicide: Resource Toolkit. Centre for Suicide Prevention (2015). 

Making the Connection: Suicidal Thoughts and Behaviours and Academic Grades. Centre for Suicide Prevention (2015)

Eating Disorders Among Girls and Women In Canada: Report of the Standing Committee on the Status of Women (2014)

Responding to Stressful Events: Helping Teens Cope. Public Health Agency of Canada (2005)

A counselling Guide For Youth Suicide Prevention: Regis College

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