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Suicide and Depression Resources

The following online resources provide additional information on adolescent suicide and depression.  This is not an all inclusive list.

Please note that these links may take you off of the AMA Web site. The AMA is not responsible for content on non-AMA Web sites. A listing here does not indicate endorsement by the AMA.

If you have a listing that you would like considered for posting on this Web site send an e-mail to gaps@ama-assn.org

Professional associations and organizations

American Psychiatric Association HealthyMinds Web site

American Foundation for Suicide Prevention

Center for Health Care Strategies, Inc. Behavioral Health

Center for Multicultural Human Services/ National Alliance for Multicultural Mental Health

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Mental Health Work Group

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Youth Risk Behavior Surveillance System

Child Trends Data Bank Mental Health 

Depression is Real

Federation of Families for Children’s Mental Health

HealthyMinds.org

National Center for American Indian and Alaska Native Mental Health Research, University of Colorado Health Sciences Center

National Mental Health Association

National Mental Health Information Center

National Organization for People of Color Against Suicide

NAMI- National Alliance on Mental Illness

National Institute of Mental Health

National Suicide Prevention Lifeline

ParentsMedGuide.org

Suicide Prevention Resource Center

Publications

Bright Futures at Georgetown University- Bright Futures in Practice: Mental Health

Pocket Guide to Mental Health Resources: Culturally Specific Mental Health Resources

Suicide in the U.S.: Statistics and Prevention A brief overfview

Mental Health: Race, Culture and Ethnicity A supplement to Mental Health: A Report of the Surgeon General

Unequal Treatment: Confronting Racial and Ethnic Disparities in Health Care. Washington, DC: National Academy Press. 2003.

US Public Health Service. Report of the Surgeon General’s Conference on Children’s Mental Health: A National Action Agenda.

Fact sheets and patient handouts

National Alliance on Mental Illness Depression in Children and Adolescents

Suicide fact sheets specific for four American populations
Suicide Prevention Action Network (SPAN)

• American Indians/Alaska Native 
• Asian Americans/Pacific Islanders
• Black Americans 
• Hispanic Americans 

Families for Depression Awareness: Depression Wellness Guides for children and teens with depression and their parents

American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry Facts for Families sheets

American Association of Suicidology

American Foundation for Suicide Prevention College Student Depression and Suicide Fact Sheets

The Journal of the American Medical Association Patient Page: Suicide

 

 

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