Comprehensive Suicide Prevention Resources

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988 Suicide & Crisis Lifeline

About VTSPC

Alcohol Use Disorders Identification Test (AUDIT): Self-Report Version

American Association of Suicidology

American Foundation for Suicide Prevention

An Employer’s Guide to Policy Approaches

Best Practices in Care Transition Executive Summary

Best Practices in Care Transition Infographic

Best Practices in Care Transitions for Individuals with Suicide Risk: Inpatient Care to Outpatient Care

Building a Better Suicide Risk Assessment Slide Show

C-SSRS Protocol for Healthcare and Community Setting

C-SSRS Risk and Protective Factors Sheet

C-SSRS Since Last Visit Screener

C-SSRS Standard Initial Screener

CALM and CAMS Training Components for Vermont

CALM Course website

CALM: Counseling on Access to Lethal Means

CAMS Care

CAMS Framework Training Flyer

Caring for Adult Patients with Suicide Risk

CDC Recommendations for a Community Plan for the Prevention and Containment of Suicide Clusters

Cognitive Therapy for Suicide Prevention

Collaborative Assessment and Management of Suicidality ,CAMS, treatment, professionals

Collaborative Assessment and Management of Suicidality in an Inpatient Setting: Results of a Pilot Study

Columbia-Suicide Severity Rating Scale (C-SSRS)

Columbia-Suicide Severity Rating Scale (PDF)

Compliance Standards Pave the Way for Reducing Suicide in Health Care Systems

Continuity of Care for Suicide Prevention: The Role of Emergency Departments

CSSRS Training Video

DBT Institute

DBT Institute (Offered by the Vermont Cooperative for Practice Improvement & Innovation)

Demonstrating the Effectiveness and Quality of Umatter® Suicide Prevention Gatekeeper and Training of Trainers – 2021

Dialectical Behavior Therapy

Early Stage Implementation Engagement Strategies

Ecological Model for Advancing Health and Wellness – National – 2014

Ecological Model for Advancing Health and Wellness – Vermont – 2014

Efficacy of Clinician and Health Provider Screening, Assessment and Treatment Tools for Suicide Prevention in Vermont – October 2014

Entertainment Industries Council

Evaluation of Developing Infrastructure for Suicide Safer Pathways to Care in Vermont 2022

Evaluation of the Suicide Safer Pathways to Care Mini-Grant Project Executive Summary 2021

Evaluation of the Suicide Safer Pathways to Care Mini-Grant Project Report 2021

Faith Leaders Postvention Protocols

Faith Leaders Prevention & Intervention Protocols

First Responders Postvention Protocols

First Responders Prevention & Intervention Protocols

Gatekeeper Postvention Protocols

Gatekeeper Prevention & Intervention Protocols

Getting It Right Inside – On Substance Misuse – Prepared for the Center for Population Health, Strategy and Practice at Cheshire Medical Center:Dartmouth Hitchcock Medical Center (CMC:DMHC) – 2017

Health e Knowledge

HIPAA Privacy Rule and Sharing Information Related to Mental Health

Intersection of Substance Misuse and Suicide Prevention- An Opportunity for Alignment and Call to Action – 2021

Intro to Zero Suicide Webinar Recording

Law Enforcement Postvention Protocols

Law Enforcement Prevention & Intervention Protocols

Lethal Means Safety Resource Guide 2023

LGBT National Help Center

Loss Letter to Families

Mental Health and Substance Abuse Prevention & Intervention Protocols

Mental Health and Substance Abuse Professionals Postvention Protocols

Mental Health First Aid

Model Suicide Response Protocols

NAMI VT Resource Packet

National Alliance on Mental Illness (NAMI Vermont)

National Alliance Report Best Practices in Care Transitions

National Recommendations for Depicting Suicide

National Strategy for Suicide Prevention

NCSS Reporting Template

Need Help for Mental Health? Post Card

Need Help for Mental Health? Poster

Need Help for Mental Health? Wallet Card

NNEPC Poison Ed Suicide in Vermont Podcast

Northern New England Poison Center

Pathways to hope, recovery, and wellness with insights from lived experience

Pathways Vermont Support Line

Patient Health Questionnaire (PHQ-9)

Patient Health Questionnaire-9 (PHQ-9)

Patient Safety Plan Template

Practice Guideline for The Assessment and Treatment of Patients With Suicidal Behaviors

Primary Care Professionals Postvention Protocols

Primary Care Professionals Prevention & Intervention Protocols

Primary Care Provider Curriculum

PRIME-MD PHQ (2 Question Screen)

Professional Protocol Appendices

Promoting Community Resilience in Vermont – Assessment of Public Health Knowledge, Tools and Resources – 2019

Promoting Community Resilience in Vermont – Assessment of Public Health Knowledge, Tools and Resources (Exec Summary) – 2019

Promoting Mental Health Wellness in Vermont- Recommendations for Families and Youth-serving Professionals – 2014

Promoting Mental Health Wellness- Recommendations for Families and Youth-serving Professionals (National) – 2014

Protocol for Using the CAMS Framework™ within Tele-psychology

QPR Institute

Quechee Gorge Bridge Safety Issues Final Report — 2017

Quechee Gorge Report to Legislature – 2017

Recommendations For Reporting on Suicide

Reducing Suicide Risk by Limiting Access to Lethal Means – Impact of Firearms & Other Lethal Means on Suicidal Individuals – Current Status and Recommendations for Next Steps – October 2014

Reporting On Suicide

Resources and Professional Development Needs and Recommendations for Vermont Substance Abuse Workforce Development – 2015

Resources and Professional Development Needs and Recommendations for Vermont Substance Abuse Workforce Development (Executive Summary) – 2015

Results and Findings from the Zero Suicide 2020 Project Status Survey

Safe-T with C-SSRS (Comprehensive)

Self Care Tips after a Suicide Loss

Social Services and Youth Services Postvention Protocols

Social Services and Youth Services Prevention & Intervention Protocols

Soul Shop: Faith Based Suicide Prevention

Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA)

Suicidal Crisis — What Clients and Families Need to Know

Suicide Care in Systems Framework Report

Suicide Clusters within American Indian and Alaska Native Communities

Suicide in Vermont 2020 Data Sheet

Suicide Loss Grief Support Groups in Vermont

Suicide Loss Resource Card

Suicide Prevention in an Emergency Department Population

Suicide Prevention Resource Center — (SPRC)

Suicide Prevention Resource Center Webinars

Suicide Prevention Toolkit for Primary Care Practices

Suicide Prevention: An Emerging Priority For Health Care

Survivors Of Suicide Vermont Resource Card

Talking About Suicide and LGBTQ Populations

THE CAMS FRAMEWORK™ – Fact Sheet for Patients

The Connect Program

The National Action Alliance for Suicide Prevention

The National Alliance: Care Transitions

The Short MAST-GERIATRIC VERSION (SMAST-G)

The Trevor Project

Umatter Suicide Prevention

Umatter® Faith Leaders Poster

Umatter® First Responders Poster

Umatter® Health Care Professionals Poster

Umatter® Mental Health Providers Poster

Umatter® School Level Program Outcomes – 2014

Umatter® Youth Workers

US Statistics on Suicide

Vermont 211

Vermont Department of Health

Vermont Department of Health Data Briefs

Vermont Department of Mental Health

Vermont Help Card

Vermont Mental Health Agencies

Vermont Suicide Prevention Impact Report – 2015

Vermont Suicide Prevention Impact Report – 2016

Vermont Suicide Prevention Impact Report – 2017

Vermont Suicide Prevention Impact Report – 2018

Vermont Suicide Prevention Impact Report – 2019

Vermont Suicide Prevention Impact Report – 2020

Vermont Suicide Prevention Impact Report – 2021

Vermont Suicide Prevention Impact Report – 2022

Vermont Suicide Prevention Platform

Vermont Zero Suicide Evaluation Tools and Timeline 2021/2022

Vermont Zero Suicide Pilot Project Lessons Learned 2016-2019

Vermont Zero Suicide Project Evaluation 2020-21

Vermont Zero Suicide Project Evaluation Design (slides) 2021/2022

Vermont Zero Suicide Project Evaluation Design 2021/2022

Vermont Zero Suicide Project Evaluation Logic Model 2021/2022

Veterans Crisis Line

VT Crisis Text Line

Workplace Supervisors Postvention Protocols

Workplace Supervisors Prevention & Intervention Protocols

Zero Suicide 20-21 Evaluation Logic Model

Zero Suicide 20-21 Project Evaluation Design

Zero Suicide 2020 Planning Survey Findings

Zero Suicide Data Elements Worksheet

Zero Suicide End of Year Survey Report 2022

Zero Suicide in Vermont

Zero Suicide in Vermont Overview Brochure

Zero Suicide National

Zero Suicide Organizational Self Assessment

Zero Suicide Organizational Self Study

Zero Suicide Resources for Healthcare Overview

Zero Suicide Toolkit

Zero Suicide Toolkit Transitions

Zero Suicide Work Plan (VT Example)

Zero Suicide Work Plan Template

Zero Suicide Workforce Development Survey

Zero Suicide Workforce Survey Resources

Zero Suicide Workplan (Spreadsheet Download)

Zero Suicide Workplan Template