Suicide and Depression Resources

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

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

Professional associations and organizations

American Psychiatric Association HealthyMinds website

Center for Health Care Strategies, Inc. Behavioral Health

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Mental Health Work Group

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Youth Risk Behavior Surveillance System

Federation of Families for Children’s Mental Health

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

Suicide Prevention Resource Center

Publications

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

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

American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry Facts for Families sheets

American Association of Suicidology

The Journal of the American Medical Association Patient Page: Suicide