Suicide Care

• Suicide Care Pathway: Linking Screening & Assessment to Brief Intervention (Dr. Ursula Whiteside) 
• asQ Screening Tool
• Combined PHQ-9 & asQ
• CSSRS Pediatric
• Youth Suicide Risk Screening Pathway

• Crisis Resources in Vermont
• 988 Lifeline: call 988 or text VT to 741741
• Trevor Project
• Trans Lifeline

• Evidence-Based Therapies
• Collaborative Assessment & Management of Suicidality (CAMS)
• CAMS trainings offered through the Vermont Program for Quality in Health Care (VPQHC)
• Dialectical Behavioral Therapy (DBT)
• DBT: What Is Dialectical Behavior Therapy? (Child Mind Institute)

When looking for a therapist, be sure to look for a clinician who has training/expertise in suicide care including training in CAMS and/or DBT. Ask questions to make sure that it is a good fit with the clinician and person seeking care, and ask about their policies and practices around things like collaboration with crisis resources.

• Directory of CAMS-Trained Clinicians
• Vermont Counseling Network
• Psychology Today

• Stories of Hope (988)
• Stories of Hope (Facing Suicide VT)
• Virtual Hope Box (Teen Line)
• The Science & Power of Hope (ADDitude Magazine Webinar)
• The Power of Joy in Difficult Times (The Jed Foundation)
• The Big Joy Project
• What Helps You *Want* to Stay Alive in Times of Despair? (Speaking of Suicide)

• Learn Skills to Cope (Now Matters Now)
• FREE DBT Skills Resources (DBT Therapy)
• Coping Skills (SAMHSA)
• Resilience Guide for Parents & Teachers (APA)
• How to Build Resilience in Teens & Young Adults: 7 Essential Tips (JED Foundation)
• How to Foster Resilience in Kids (Child Mind Institute) 
• Relaxation Skills for Middle School Students: How to Cope with Stress and Anxiety (Child Mind Institute)
• Relaxation Skills for High School Students: How to Cope with Stress & Anxiety | Child Mind Institute (Child Mind Insitute)
• Building Resilience: The 7 Cs (Center for Parent & Teen Communication)

• Learn Skills to Connect with Others (Now Matters Now)
• How to Talk About Mental Health With Your Child and Their Pediatrician (healthychildren.org)

• American Foundation for Suicide Prevention
• Vermont Postvention Resources
• Resource to Support Parents Following Their Child’s Suicide-Related Crisis 
• Speaking of Suicide For suicidal individuals, loved ones, survivors, & others who care

• Now Matters Now
• Learn Skills to be a Trusted Adult that Youth Can Talk To
• Loving Someone with Suicidal Thoughts: What Family, Friends, and Partners Can Say and Do, by Stacey Freedenthal
• Helping the Suicidal Person: Tips and Techniques for Professionals, by Stacey Freedenthal
• Social Work Lens Podcast: Youth & Suicide Series Part 1 - You Have to Ask

• ‘Where were you?’ Family of teen who died by suicide demands action on bullying (Vermont Public)
• Issue Brief: Black Youth Suicide Prevention (SAMHSA)
• Suicide is NOT a Symptom: Healthcare Is Missing the Mark on Suicide Prevention (HIT)
• Positive and negative social media experiences and proximal risk for suicidal ideation in adolescents (ACAMH)
• PTSD symptoms, suicidal ideation, and suicidal risk among university students: The role of shame (Psychol Trauma)
• Youth experiencing homelessness at risk for suicide: psychosocial risk factors and service use patterns (BMC Public Health)
• Risk Behaviors and Suicidality in Vermont High School Students (VT Dept of Health)