Managing Distress & Resources Related to Suicide Prevention for Parents/Caregivers

• Educate yourself and others about suicide prevention: Learn the warning signs and risk factors for suicide, how to support someone considering suicide, and familiarize yourself with the 988 Suicide & Crisis Lifeline.
• Visit the Suicide Prevention Resource Center (SPRC): Each year, the SPRC creates a resource full of ways to get involved in Suicide Prevention Awareness Month. 
• Read and share SPRC’s new resource: Mental Health Promotion and Suicide Prevention for LGBTQIA2S+ Youth: A Resource Guide for Professionals, Families and Communities

To assist parents/guardians and families, please consider utilizing these important resources and guidance documents on addressing mental health issues.

• NASP’s Anxiety and Anxiety Disorders in Children and Preventing Youth Suicide (https://www.nasponline.org/resources-and-publications/resources-and-podcasts/school-safety-and-crisis/mental-health-resources/preventing-youth-suicide)
• Suicidal Thinking and Threats: Helping Handout for Home (https://www.nasponline.org/Documents/S3H14_Brock_Reeves_Parents_Suicide.pdf)
• 12 Things Parents Can Do to Prevent Suicide; guide and video (https://www.healthychildren.org/English/health-issues/conditions/emotional-problems/Pages/ten-things-parents-can-do-to-prevent-suicide.aspx)
• Teens and Suicide: What Parents Should Know (https://afsp.org/teens-and-suicide-what-parents-should-know/)