http://www.befrienders.org
- It contains a directory of suicide and crisis support services in over
40 countries, information on support by e-mail, and translations into 8
languages. The Assistant Manager can be contacted at email address: webmaster@befrienders.org.
Healing From Within: Communities on the
Move, American Indian / Alaska
Native Community Suicide Prevention, Minneapolis MN. For more
information, contact Hershal at cspcn@cvn.com.
The Office of the U.S. Surgeon General-
The National Suicide Prevention Strategy is a public-private collaboration
of non-governmental Organizations, federal and state governmental agencies,
corportations and foundations, and health experts, spearheaded by agencies
within the U. S. Department of Health and Human Survice and the U. S. Surgeon
General. For more information, go to www.surgeongeneral.gov.
Email: Prevent@gosophs.dhhs.gov.
Also, check the website for a copy of a speech by former Surgeon General,
Dr. David Satcher, called "The Call to Action". Dr Satcher
has a strong message concerning prevention and 15 steps for immediate action
on suicide.
THE SUN CAN SHINE AGAIN by
Orrie Snyder, R.N. - The story of a young man's struggle with the torment
of a Bi-polar illness which led to his ultimate suicide. A mother brings
the reader through the pain and consequences of his illness to the grace
of God's abiding love. Send $17.00 to Orrie Snyder, P.O. Box 214463, Sacramento,
CA. 95821 (Friends For Survival receives $5.00 for each book sold)
Comforting Friends - A
monthly publication by Friends For Survival, Inc., is an excellent newsletter
to give a donation to. They send out a total of 3100 newsletters each month
and publish two editions, one to Northern California and one for the rest
of the U. S., plus letters go to Canada, Italy, Germany, Japan, and Ireland.
Send donations to: P.O. Box 214463, Sacramento, CA. 95821 or call (916)
392-0664.
BEREAVEMENT MAGAZINE makes
a thoughtful and affordable gift for someone who enjoys stories, articles
and poems from the bereaved themselves. There are also regular articles
written by professionals. Call (888) 604-4673 or (719) 266-0006 for information
and cost.
If you are aware of any other support group
links, grief, bereavement or memorial pages, helpful articles or any other
survivors of suicide resources and Announcements, I'll gladly consider
adding them to this page.
Get a free e-book,
Suicide,
The Forever Decision, by Paul Quinett, Ph.D. Go to
http://www.qprinstitute.com
to download.
