self-harm / suicide prevention
SUICIDE PREVENTION
Health and Safety Code 161.325 MENTAL HEALTH PROMOTION AND INTERVENTION, SUBSTANCE ABUSE PREVENTION AND INTERVENTION, AND SUICIDE PREVENTION
Best Practice-Based Programs - Senate Bill 831, 83rd Regular Legislative Session
In accordance with Senate Bill (SB) 831, which was passed during the 83rd Legislature, the Department of State Health Services (DSHS), in coordination with the Texas Education Agency (TEA) and regional education service centers, shall provide and annually update a list of recommended best practice-based programs for implementation in public elementary, junior high, middle, and high schools within the general education setting.
Health and Safety Code 161.325 MENTAL HEALTH PROMOTION AND INTERVENTION, SUBSTANCE ABUSE PREVENTION AND INTERVENTION, AND SUICIDE PREVENTION
Best Practice-Based Programs - Senate Bill 831, 83rd Regular Legislative Session
In accordance with Senate Bill (SB) 831, which was passed during the 83rd Legislature, the Department of State Health Services (DSHS), in coordination with the Texas Education Agency (TEA) and regional education service centers, shall provide and annually update a list of recommended best practice-based programs for implementation in public elementary, junior high, middle, and high schools within the general education setting.
SUICIDE CRISIS LINES BY COUNTY
Agency Phone Counties Served
National Suicide Prevention Lifeline 800-273-8255 All
Crisis Text Line Text "Home" 741741 All
Agency Phone Counties Served
National Suicide Prevention Lifeline 800-273-8255 All
Crisis Text Line Text "Home" 741741 All
SUICIDE PREVENTION WEBSITES
Texas Suicide Prevention
MHA Texas
The Society for the Prevention of Teen Suicide
National Suicide Prevention Lifeline
Department of State Health Services Suicide Prevention Information
Suicide Prevention Resource Center
American Association of Suicidology
Suicide Prevention for LBGTQ Youth
American Foundation for Suicide Prevention
SURVIVORS OF SUICIDE WEBSITES
American Association of Suicidology - Clinicians as Survivors of Suicides:
mypage.iusb.edu/~jmcintos/therapists_mainpg.htm
Center for Loss and Bereavement: http://www.bereavementcenter.org
Compassionate Friends for Parents who lost Children: http://www.compassionatefriends.org
Dougy Center for Grieving Children and Families: http://www.dougy.org
Friends and Families of Suicides: http://www.friendsandfamiliesofsuicide.com
Grief Loss Recovery: http://www.recover-from-grief.com
National Suicide Prevention Lifeline: http://www.suicidepreventionlifeline.org
Online Healing for Grief: http://www.journeyofhearts.org
Parents of Suicides: http://www.parentsofsuicide.com
Suicide Memorial Wall: http://www.suicidememorialwall.com
Survivors of Suicide (SOS): http://www.survivorsofsuicide.com
BIBLIOTHERAPY:
http://www.afsp.org
http://www.suicide.org/suicide-books.html
http://www.forsuicidesurvivors.com/Good-Books-for-Survivors-of-Suicide.html
SELF-HARM RESOURCES FOR SCHOOL STAFF, PARENTS, AND STUDENTSSUICIDE CRISIS LINES
SAFE Alternative 800-DONTCUT 800-366-8288
Big Spring: West Texas Centers for MHMR 800-375-4357 Fisher, Mitchell, Nolan, Scurry
SELF-HARM PREVENTION FOR PARENTS AND STUDENTS
Family and Friends Self-Injury – Addresses the thoughts and feelings you may have about a loved one’s cutting or self-harm. Includes tips on what to do and what not to do.
Texas Suicide Prevention
MHA Texas
The Society for the Prevention of Teen Suicide
National Suicide Prevention Lifeline
Department of State Health Services Suicide Prevention Information
Suicide Prevention Resource Center
American Association of Suicidology
Suicide Prevention for LBGTQ Youth
American Foundation for Suicide Prevention
SURVIVORS OF SUICIDE WEBSITES
American Association of Suicidology - Clinicians as Survivors of Suicides:
mypage.iusb.edu/~jmcintos/therapists_mainpg.htm
Center for Loss and Bereavement: http://www.bereavementcenter.org
Compassionate Friends for Parents who lost Children: http://www.compassionatefriends.org
Dougy Center for Grieving Children and Families: http://www.dougy.org
Friends and Families of Suicides: http://www.friendsandfamiliesofsuicide.com
Grief Loss Recovery: http://www.recover-from-grief.com
National Suicide Prevention Lifeline: http://www.suicidepreventionlifeline.org
Online Healing for Grief: http://www.journeyofhearts.org
Parents of Suicides: http://www.parentsofsuicide.com
Suicide Memorial Wall: http://www.suicidememorialwall.com
Survivors of Suicide (SOS): http://www.survivorsofsuicide.com
BIBLIOTHERAPY:
http://www.afsp.org
http://www.suicide.org/suicide-books.html
http://www.forsuicidesurvivors.com/Good-Books-for-Survivors-of-Suicide.html
SELF-HARM RESOURCES FOR SCHOOL STAFF, PARENTS, AND STUDENTSSUICIDE CRISIS LINES
SAFE Alternative 800-DONTCUT 800-366-8288
Big Spring: West Texas Centers for MHMR 800-375-4357 Fisher, Mitchell, Nolan, Scurry
SELF-HARM PREVENTION FOR PARENTS AND STUDENTS
Family and Friends Self-Injury – Addresses the thoughts and feelings you may have about a loved one’s cutting or self-harm. Includes tips on what to do and what not to do.
- Adolescents and Self-Cutting (Self-Harm): Information for Parents- http://aces.nmsu.edu/pubs/_i/i-104.pdf
- —Helping Children and Youth with Self-Harm Behaviors Information for Parents and Caregivers-
- —Personal Experiences of Parents with Child Who Self Harm
- —American Association for Marriage and Family Therapy- www.aamft.org/families/Consumer_Updates/Adolescent_Self_harm.asp
- About Self-Harm: Why You Self-Harm and How to Seek Help – Get the facts about cutting and self-injury. Learn what purpose it serves and how you can overcome it.
- —The Truth About Self-Harm (PDF) – In-depth guide for young people and their friends and families. Includes tips for talking about it and strategies for stopping self-harm.
- —Cutting – Article written for teens explains what cutting is, why people do it, how it starts, and where to go for help. http://kidshealth.org/teen/your_mind/mental_health/cutting.html
- —Self-Harm – Introduction to self-harm, including what makes people do it, danger signs, treatment, and things you can do to help yourself. http://www.rcpsych.ac.uk/mentalhealthinfoforall/problems/depression/self-harm.aspx
- —Self-Harm and Trauma: Research Findings – Learn about the relationship between self-harm and childhood trauma and abuse. http://www.ptsd.va.gov/professional/pages/self-harm-trauma.asp
- —How Can I Stop Cutting? – Offers strategies for resisting the urge to cut by planning ahead, distracting yourself, and finding other ways to express your feelings. http://kidshealth.org/teen/your_mind/problems/resisting_cutting.html
- —Reducing and Stopping Self-Harm – Explore the reasons you want to stop injuring yourself, examine the reasons behind your behavior, and learn how to stop, as well as deal with slip-ups. http://www.scar-tissue.net/stopping.html
- —Coping Skills – Learn the coping skills that worked for one former self-injurer. Includes coping skills for staying in the present, for general wellness, and for replacing cutting. http://www.psyke.org/coping/coping_skills/