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L’associazione L’amico Charly Onlus, nata nel 2001 a Milano in seguito alla tragica scomparsa di Charly Colombo allora sedicenne, si occupa di prevenzione al disagio giovanile attraverso progetti di intervento educativi, formativi, di assistenza e di sostegno a favore degli adolescenti, in collaborazione con le istituzioni, le scuole e le famiglie.
Attraverso l’ausilio di un’équipe di psicologi ed esperti, L’amico Charly interviene nella prevenzione e gestione delle situazioni a rischio fino alla presa in carico dei ragazzi che hanno compiuto un tentato suicidio. Gli interventi sono finalizzati a sostenere la crescita dei giovani durante la fase più complessa del loro percorso, l’adolescenza, attraversata a volte da crisi personali che possono anche sfociare in comportamenti autolesivi.
Mental Health Links - Suicide
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http://www.aapcc.org
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The American Association of Poison Control Centers is a Nationwide organization of poison centers and interested individuals.
It provides a
forum for poison centers and interested individuals to promote the reduction of morbidity and mortality form poisoning
and sets voluntary standards for poison centers. It also produces publications and holds a yearly conference.
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http://www.suicidology.org/index.cfm
Per favorire la comprensione delle problematiche e la prevenzione del suicidio
The American Association of Suicidology is dedicated to the understanding and prevention of suicide. The
organization promotes research, public awareness programs, and education and training for professionals and volunteers.
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http://www.acep.org
L'American College of Physicians di emergenza promuove i più alti standard di cura del paziente
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Questo sito contiene informazioni su organizzazione, schede tecniche, informazioni sulla formazione continua, e molte altre risorse.
The American College of Emergency Physicians promotes the highest standards of patient care through its advocacy and leadership.
This web site contains information on the organization, fact sheets, information on continuing education, and many other resources.
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http://www.corrections.com/achsa/
The ACHSA mission is to be the voice of the correctional healthcare profession, and serve as an effective forum for communication
addressing current issues and needs confronting correctional healthcare.
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http://www.afsp.org
The American Foundation for Suicide Prevention is the only international non-profit organization dedicated to funding the research
and education needed to prevent suicide.
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http://www.ashaweb.org
The American School Health Association unites the many professionals working in schools who are committed to safeguarding
the health of school-aged children. The Association, a multidisciplinary organization of administrators, counselors, dentists,
health educators, physical educators, school nurses and school physicians, advocates high-quality school health instruction,
health services and a healthful school environment.
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http://www.befrienders.org/
Befrienders International is a network of centers run by trained volunteers that offer a free listening service that is
non-judgmental and completely confidential. People are befriended by telephone, letter and email, and in face-to-face meetings.
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http://www.amchp.org
The Association of Maternal and Child Health Programs is an organization representing State public health leaders and other
individuals and organizations working to improve the health and well being of all women, children, youth, and families.
The group accomplishes its mission through partnerships with government agencies and the participation of its members,
families, advocates, health care purchasers, providers, academic and research professionals, and others at the National,
State and local levels.
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http://www.astho.org
The Association of State and Territorial Health Officials is a National non-profit organization representing the State and territorial
public health agencies of the United States, the U.S. Territories, and the District of Columbia. Its members, the chief health officials
of these jurisdictions, are dedicated to formulating and influencing sound public health policy, and to assuring excellence in
State-based public health practice. This site provides information on events, policy statements, and publications.
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http://www.who.int/violence_injury_prevention/violence/world_report/wrvheng/en/
This report, produced by the World Health Organization, is written mainly for researchers and practitioners. Its goals are to raise
global awareness about the problems of violence and to make the case that violence is preventable and that public health
systems have a crucial role to play in addressing its causes and consequences.
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http://www.georgiasuicidepreventionplan.org
People can stop suicide. This fact is the foundation of the Georgia Suicide Prevention Plan. This web site provides
the plan’s text and staff contact information.
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http://www.idph.state.ia.us/bhpl/healthy_iowans_2010.asp
This web site provides an overview of Iowa’s prevention programs for violence and abusive behavior.
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http://ktgf.org/index.html
One of the two areas of interest for this foundation are Childhood and Adolescent Depression, including suicide and suicide prevention.
Grants have primarily fallen under the categories of Intervention and Referral, Prevention, Public Education/Training, and Infrastructure.
The Foundation also sponsors a Fellowship Program for post-doctoral research in depression.
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http://www.ncspt.org/courses/orientation/
The National Center for Suicide Prevention Training (NCSPT) currently has two internet-based workshops.
The first one, “Locating, Understanding, and Presenting Youth Suicide Data” and is available on an ongoing basis.
The second workshop, "Planning and Evaluation for Youth Suicide Prevention" is being prepared for pilot testing.
This web site provides more information on the trainings.
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http://www.psf.org/index.htm
The numbers of deaths due to suicide are 2 to 3 times the number of line of duty deaths among law enforcement
agencies and emergency workers. The mission of the National P.O.L.I.C.E. Suicide Foundation is to provide suicide
awareness and prevention training programs and support services that will meet the psychological and spiritual needs
of emergency workers and their families.
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http://www.thelink.org/html/nrc.htm
The NRC's goal is to provide suicide-related community education in the areas of prevention, intervention, and aftercare,
as well as healing support services for families, youth, and those affected by the psychological trauma of suicide.
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http://www.nsspi.org/
The goal of the National Strategy for Suicide Prevention Indicators project is to identify and develop indicators for each
of the strategy's objectives. Indicators are measured in order to quantify the achievement of an objective.
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http://www.mh.state.oh.us/kids/suicideprev/suicide.prevention.plan.pdf
Ohio's Suicide Prevention Plan is the next step in saving lives and reducing suicidal behaviors by developing a comprehensive
strategy in response to a very complex set of issues.
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http://www.nimh.nih.gov/suicideresearch/suibib2001.cfm
This list of review articles was compiled by the NIMH Suicide Research Consortium, whose members have found the articles useful
when providing technical assistance to grant applicants.
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http://www.mentalhealthscreening.org/sos_highschool
The SOS Suicide Prevention Program provides school health professionals with all the educational materials necessary to replicate
this easy-to-use program in a variety of school settings. Schools have the flexibility to make use of the materials in as large or
small a program as their needs and resources dictate. The program can also be blended into an existing health curriculum.
You can find out more about it at their web site.
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http://www.stipda.org
The mission of the State and Territorial Injury Prevention Director’s Association is to promote, sustain, and enhance the
ability of State and Territorial public health departments to reduce death and disability associated with injuries.
It accomplishes its mission by disseminating information on state-of-the-art injury prevention and control policies and strategies.
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http://www.saddonline.com
Students Against Destructive Decision strive to provide students with the best prevention and intervention tools possible to
deal with the issues of underage drinking, other drug use, impaired driving and other destructive decisions. Their site has a
number of resources including fact sheets, a resource center, a list of events, and newsletters.
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http://www.suicideinfo.ca/csp/go.aspx?tabid=118
This web site illustrates, through statistics, that suicide rates for the elderly exceed suicide rates among adolescents.
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http://www.spanusa.org
The Suicide Prevention Action Network USA is a non-profit national organization that links the energy of those bereaved
or touched by suicide with the expertise of leaders in science, health, business, government and public service to achieve
the goal of significantly reducing the national rate of suicide by the year 2010.
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http://www.span-california.org
Suicide Prevention Advocacy Network-California (SPAN-California) was founded in 1999 as a force for suicide
prevention, an arena for collaboration among agencies, and a voice in the California state capital.
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http://www.project-hope.co.nz
The Project Hope Foundation is dedicated to reducing depression and suicide (especially youth suicide). It has books, videos
and instructions on self-education and how to run Life Skills Open Forums.
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http://www.suicideassessment.com/
This group provides mental health professionals with information on the development of suicide prevention skills, crisis intervention
skills, and clinical interviewing skills.
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http://depts.washington.edu/mchprog/cmh_home.html
On December 8-9, 2002, the Northwest Children's Public Health Network: Building an Action Agenda for Mental Health was held
in Seattle, Washington. Representatives from six States met to identify issues specific to the region and their communities and to
outline State plans for promoting mental health in children and young people. Four plenary speakers presented information on
mental health at various stages of childhood and adolescence and took part in a panel discussion. The details of the
meeting are found on this web site.
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http://www.who.int/violence_injury_prevention/violence/world_report/wrvh1/en/
This fact sheet, prepared by the World Health Organization, contains worldwide statistics for suicide and self inflicted injuries.
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http://www.who.int/violence_injury_prevention/violence/world_report/en/Full%20WRVH%20summary.pdf
This document is a comprehensive summary to the World Health Organizations first World Report on Violence and Health.
Online Resources
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http://www.sprc.org/library/phaprev.pdf
This brochure illustrates how better data collection, including the National Violent Death Reporting System, can inform
prevention strategies and make a real difference.
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http://www.osophs.dhhs.gov/ophs/BestPractice/usaf.htm
The Suicide Prevention Program of the Air Force is described and highlighted as one of the nation's most effective health prevention programs.
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http://www.apa.org/pi/aseol/introduction.html
A Report from an American Psychological Association Working Group
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http://www.ncd.gov/newsroom/publications/1997/suicide.htm
Written for the National Council on Disability, this paper analyzes the issues related to assisted suicide and discusses current court cases.
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http://mentalhealth.samhsa.gov/suicideprevention/elderly.asp
The National Strategy for Suicide Prevention provides this fact sheet on suicide among the elderly.
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http://www.thesupportnetwork.com/CASP/main.html
This site provides resources and information about suicide prevention. It also contains new bulletins and a list of links to related sites.
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http://www.injuryprevention.org/info/data.htm
This web page provides charts and tables illustrating children’s injury data for each U.S. State and Territory.
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http://www.dbsalliance.org/info/suicide.html
If you or someone you know suffers from depression or manic depression (also known as bipolar disorder), you understand all too
well its symptoms may include feelings of sadness and hopelessness. These feelings can also include thoughts of self-harm or suicide.
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http://www.aacap.org/publications/apntsfam/suicide.htm
Cada año miles de adolescentes se suicidan en los Estados Unidos. El suicidio es la tercera causa de muerte más
frecuente para los jóvenes de entre 15 y 24 años de edad, y la sexta causa de muerte para los de entre 5 y 14 años.
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http://www.floridasuicideprevention.org/
In August, 2002, the Florida Suicide Prevention Task Force announced the Statewide Suicide Prevention Strategy to reduce the
incidence of suicide in Florida by one-third by 2005.
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http://www.suicidology.org/associations/1045/files/School%20guidelines.pdf
These guidelines, compiled by the Prevention Division of the American Association of Suicidology, can be used by schools to help prevent suicide. They are in PDF format.
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http://www.state.hi.us/health/shpda/shinjury.pdf
This is a report by the State of Hawaii on injury prevention, both accidental and self-inflicted. IT touches on suicide, domestic violence, and drug and alcohol abuse.
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http://www.annemergmed.com/article/PIIS0196064403002567/fulltext
This is a document about injury prevention titled, Homicide and Suicide Risks Associated With Firearms in the Home: A national case-control study.
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http://www.metanoia.org/suicide/
The information on this site is intended to help and support persons who may be feeling suicidal.
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http://www.nimh.nih.gov/publicat/harmaway.cfm
This fact sheet from the National Institute of Mental Health provides statistics about suicide incidents in the United States.
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http://www.aacap.org/legislation/Lalerts.htm
These legislative alerts, provided by the American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, concern Congressional
action on issues related to the health of children and adolescents.
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http://www.dhh.state.la.us/NEWS/YouthSuicide02.htm
The Louisiana Youth Suicide Prevention Task Force is a Statewide response to the U. S. Surgeon General's call to action to prevent suicide.
The mission of the Task Force is to develop a Statewide plan on youth suicide prevention in Louisiana. This press release provides more
information on the Task Force as well as suicide statistics for Louisiana.
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http://www.afsp.org/education/mediacoverage2.8.htm
This site, provided by the American Foundation for Suicide Prevention, illustrates various harmful ways in which the media can depict suicide.
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http://www.health.state.mn.us/divs/opa/suicide.pdf
This report to the Minnesota Legislature details the development of the State’s suicide prevention plan.
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http://www.nopcas.com/stats/
This web site provides statistics on the amount of people who have committed and attempted suicide. It also lists conferences
for suicide survivors.
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http://www.modelprograms.samhsa.gov
Information on effective programs that enhance outcomes for substance abuse, violence and high-risk behaviors in community,
family, school, clinical, faith-based, and workplace settings.
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http://www.cdc.gov/nchs/data/nvsr/nvsr49/nvsr49_08.pdf
This report presents the final 1999 data on U.S. deaths and death rates according to demographic and medical characteristics.
Trends and patterns in general mortality, life expectancy, and infant mortality are also described.
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http://www.mentalhealthcommission.gov/subcommittee/Suicide_Prevention_Outline.doc
Summary Report
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http://www.health.state.ok.us/program/ahd/spsp.pdf
The Oklahoma Youth Suicide Prevention State Plan works to address the problem of suicide by introducing multi-level
strategies that communities can customize based on available resources and experiences.
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http://www.cfah.org/factsoflife/vol7no8.cfm
This site provides a resource of background information, interviews, and statistics for health reporters.
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http://www.afsp.org/education/recommendations/
This is the full report of media recommendations presented on the American Foundation for Suicide Prevention Web site.
This resource contains links to the specific media recommendations as well as an introduction to the topic area, a list of danger signs,
examples of reporting, and frequently asked questions.
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http://www.nimh.nih.gov/suicideresearch/mediasurvivors.cfm
This National Institute of Mental Health Web site presents media recommendations that were produced in the spirit of the public-private
partnership recommended by the Surgeon General’s National Strategy for Suicide Prevention.
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http://mentalhealth.samhsa.gov/suicideprevention
The National Strategy for Suicide Prevention is a collaborative effort between the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services
Administration, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, the National Institutes of Health,
the Health Resources and Services Administration,
and the Indian Health Services. The site has a wealth of resources including a newsroom,
links State Suicide Prevention Programs, features publications, and much more.
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http://mentalhealth.samhsa.gov/publications/allpubs/walletcard/engwalletcard.htm
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http://www.state.tn.us/mental/mhs/suicdeprev.pdf
The Tennessee strategy for suicide prevention builds on the fifteen points raised in “The Surgeon General’s Call to Action to
Prevent Suicide, 1999.” This publication lists each of the fifteen points and Tennessee’s responses.
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http://www.national-confidential-inquiry.ac.uk/
The Centre for Suicide Prevention at the University of Manchester brings together projects on policy and service planning.
This United Kingdom research centre in the field of suicidal behaviour carries out studies of suicide and homicide by those
in contact with mental health services.
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http://www.naicrc.org
An organization devoted to promoting scholarly activity in injury control, the Association addresses issues relevant to the prevention
, acute care and rehabilitation of traumatic injury through multiple activities in research; research dissemination; program development
and evaluation; consultation;
and education and training.
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http://www.surgeongeneral.gov/library/calltoaction/default.htm
The Surgeon General and the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services outline more than a dozen steps that can be taken by individuals
, communities, organizations, and policymakers on this site. Site provides links to other related resources.
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http://www.vahealth.org/civp/preventsuicideva/
The Virginia Youth Suicide Prevention Plan addresses youth suicide in the Commonwealth by focusing on several key areas including:
leadership, public awareness, media education, school-based strategies, surveillance, and evaluation. On this site there are statistics,
free publications,
and the number of a hotline for people contemplating suicide or people who know someone contemplating suicide.
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http://www.yspp.org
The mission of the Youth Suicide Prevention Program is to reduce suicide attempts and deaths among Washington State youth.
Working toward that goal, the group builds public awareness, offers training, and supports communities taking action.
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http://www.dhfs.state.wi.us/dph_emsip/InjuryPrevention/SuicidePrevention.htm
This report details Wisconsin’s Suicide Prevention Strategy. It provides a framework for getting every interested person in
Wisconsin involved in preventing suicide and is designed to guide individuals, agencies, organizations in local communities
and at regional and State levels in suicide prevention efforts.
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http://www.sprc.org/library/collabcall.pdf
A Call to Collaboration: The Federal Commitment to Suicide Prevention highlights the Department of Health and
Human Services' activities and their link to the National Strategy for Suicide Prevention, the plan which will guide the nation's suicide
prevention efforts for the next decade.
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