Self-Help Resources

Suicide prevention information is organized here, with links to additional resources. Individuals receiving treatment for suicide may also be struggling with depression, PTSD, anger management issues, or any number of other physical and/or mental health conditions. You may find the self-help resources posted under other behavioral health categories on this web site helpful.

If you are experiencing a behavioral health crisis, please call TriWest at 1-866-284-3743, 24 hours a day, 7 days a week.

The National Hopeline Network 1-800-SUICIDE provides trained telephone counselors, 24 hours a day, 7 days a week. Find a local crisis center.

National Suicide Prevention Lifeline
1-800-273-TALK (8255)
Free and confidential hotline available 24/7. Trained counselors available to support Military Veterans

Fact Sheets and Handouts

Help for Anyone Thinking about Suicide

Suicide is preventable. Most suicidal individuals desperately want to live; they are just unable to see alternatives to their problems. Seek help as soon as possible.

Ways To Help Yourself When You're Feeling Suicidal
The New York Hospital-Cornell Medical Center, Department of Psychiatric Nursing

Feeling Suicidal? How to Help Yourself
Healthy Place.com: A Depression Community

Taking Care of Yourself After an Attempt—Moving Ahead After Your Treatment in the Emergency Department
National Alliance on Mental Illness
Information about moving ahead following treatment for a suicide attempt provides resources about suicide and mental illnesses. Learn to create a safety plan, build a support system and learn to live again, by getting into a regular routine and reconnecting with people

Adolescent Suicide
Association for Behavioral and Cognitive Therapies

How Can I Get Him to Seek Help: Talking Points for Women
Courage to Care Fact Sheet

When Someone You Care about is Suicidal

If someone tells you they are thinking about suicide, you should take their distress seriously, listen without judgment, and help them get to a professional for evaluation and treatment. If someone is in imminent danger, do not leave the person alone. You may need to take emergency steps to get help, such as calling 9-1-1. When someone is in a suicidal crisis, it is important to limit access to firearms or other lethal means of committing suicide, including medications or sharp objects.

Prevention of Suicide and Self-Destructive Behavior
United States Army Guide
Military resource covers the thought process experienced by individuals contemplating suicide, along with facts about alternatives, danger signals and more.

Suicide Warning Signs
American Association of Suicidology
Facts about suicide warnings signs, what to do, and where to get help.

Taking Care of Yourself and Your Family After an Attempt—Family Guide for Your Relative in the Emergency Department
National Alliance on Mental Illness
Information about taking care of yourself and a family member following a suicide attempt, with recommendations to help move forward.

Videos/Audio

Suicide Warning Signs
United State Navy and Marine Corps
A brief video presentation about suicide warning signs and how to help service members seek help. Although the video is produced for a Navy and Marine service members, content is appropriate for all branches of the military.

Military OneSource Audio Tips
Use the Search tool located at the top of the homepage. Select "audio or video" and type in the word "suicide" in the next screen and select the search arrow to locate resources. Visitors to this site must create a personalized User ID and Password. Visitors are not required to disclose personal information other than branch of service and unit/location.

Books & Workbooks

Choosing to Live: How to Defeat Suicide Through Cognitive Therapy
By T. Ellis & C. Newman
An easy-to-read book helps suicidal people understand their suffering while taking charge of their own healing.

Web Resources

Military OneSource
Locate a number of useful resources about the impact of suicide on those left behind and suicide prevention. Visitors to this site must create a personalized User ID and Password to access information. Visitors are not required to disclose personal information, other than branch of service and unit/location. Use the search boxes located at the top of the homepage for your information search.

Suicide Awareness Voices of Education
The mission of SAVE is to prevent suicide through public awareness and education, eliminate stigma and serve as a resource to those touched by suicide.

American Association of Suicidology
The AAS is an education and resource organization dedicated to the understanding and prevention of suicide.

American Foundation for Suicide Prevention
The AFSP is the only national not-for-profit organization exclusively dedicated to funding research, developing prevention initiatives and offering educational programs and conferences for survivors, mental health professionals, physicians and the public.

Medline Plus
This web site has compiled the latest suicide prevention information, news from professional organizations, information on screening, coping, and much more.

Veteran and Military Family Health
U.S. National Library of Medicine and the National Institute of Health

Resources for OEF/OIF Veterans
Department of Veterans Affairs

Other Helpful Resources

Suicide Risk Questionnaire
Screening for Mental Health, Inc.
Learn what you can do if you suspect that a friend or loved one is suicidal.

Real Warriors Campaign
Defense Centers of Excellence for Psychological Health and Traumatic Brain Injury