clinical social work association

The American Foundation for Suicide Prevention and the Suicide Prevention Resource Center have put together some excellent materials which may be helpful to members.

Here is a general overview of the scope of suicide, costs,vulnerable populations and more. The link is http://www.sprc.org/about-suicide

Here is a summary of the guidelines which states use to prevent suicide. The link is http://www.sprc.org/stateInfrastructure/tools

Here is a summary of the number of suicides that occur each year by state and the ranking per capita of the states.  The link ishttps://afsp.org/about-suicide/state-fact-sheets/

I hope this may be useful to you and your colleagues.