Phone Numbers and Links
Ambulance Police: 911

National Suicide Hotline:  1-800-273-TALK (8255)

Youth America Hotline:   1-877-968-8454

United Way 211: http://www.unitedwaylee.org/211.html

American Foundation for Suicide Prevention (AFSP): www.AFSP.org

Florida Suicide Prevention Coalition: www.floridasuicideprevention.org

Suicide Prevention Action Network USA: www.SPANUSA.org

American Association of Suicidology: www.suicidology.org

Suicide Awareness Voices for Education (SAVE): www.save.org

Suicide Prevention Resource Center (SPRC): www.sprc.org

Yellow Ribbon Youth Suicide Prevention: www.yellowribbon.org

S.A.F.E. (Self-Abuse Finally Ends): 1-800-DONT-CUT, www.selfinjury.com

The Trevor Project Helpline (GLBT Youth): 1-866-4-U-TREVOR, www.TheTrevorProject.org

Web sites that target cyberbullies:

Email Support Groups and Message Boards

www.griefnet.org
  • Internet community of people dealing with death, and loss.  Sponsors 47 email support groups, organized by type of loss (including suicide) and type of relationship.

www.healingthehurt.com
  • Email support group.

www.compassionatefriends.org
  • Sponsors on-line chat groups for those who've lost a child or sibling (not specific to suicide).  Also has links to other online resources.

Other Websites of Interest

www.thegiftofkeith.org
  • Created by a survivor family that contains information and resources about surviving suicide loss.

www.siblingsurvivors.com
  • Created by a survivor after she lost her sister to suicide.

www.suicidememorialwall.com
  • Created to remember some of the names of those who died by suicide and to encourage survivors to better understand the causes of suicide.

www.KnowResolve.org
  • Created by a survivor after the loss of his father.

www.forsuicidesurvivors.com
  • The site designed to be informative, healing, user friendly, and advertisement free.  There is a monitored discussion board which accompanies the site.  The site holds open the possibility “that “although survivors are forever changed … and will always miss their loved ones … they can endure and survive and even eventually go beyond surviving to have happy, meaningful and contributory lives.” 

www.giveanhour.org
  • Give an Hour is a non profit organization which provides free mental health services to U.S. military personnel and families affected by the current conflicts in Iraq and Afghanistan.

www.sportingourspirit.com
  • Created by a two time survivor of suicide and deals with grief recovery that relies on the physical challenge of multi-sport competition to encourage the spirit.

www.namilee.org
  • provider of mental health information, education and support

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