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Suicide Prevention

Governor M. Michael Rounds proclaimed September 4-10, 2005 as Suicide Prevention week. View the Executive Proclamation

During the 2005 State Legislative Session, the Division of Mental Health in conjunction with the Department of Health, the Front Porch Coalition & the HELP!Line Center presented South Dakota's Strategy for Suicide Prevention to the State Legislature. View South Dakota's Strategy for Suicide Prevention



Suicide Prevention Resources

suicide prevention 1-800-273-8255

Suicide Prevention Resource Center
South Dakota Suicide Prevention
Adolescent Suicide info
American Association of Suicidology
American Foundation for Suicide Prevention
Suicide Awareness Voices of Education
Suicide Prevention Action Network USA


FREE ONLINE TRAINING

logo To take the online course--provided by the National Center for Suicide Prevention Training and the Suicide Prevention Resource Center--please go to the NCSPT site and follow the instructions there to create a new account (free) and to register for Course #3, "Youth Suicide Prevention: An Introduction to Gatekeeping."

http://training.sprc.org/mod/resource/view.php?id=59