How to Find Help and Support for Someone Else with Suicidal Thoughts or Attempts

CAPES does not provide direct services but we have vetted some resources that you might find helpful.

American Foundation for Suicide Prevention

The American Foundation for Suicide Prevention has specific resources for suicide prevention, including how to support others with suicidal thoughts, how to cope after losing a loved one to suicide, ways to engage in advocacy, and crisis services that are also shown in the “Crisis Lifelines” section.

Suicide Prevention Resource Center

The Suicide Prevention Resource Center has information on risk and protective factors, warning signs, and information on specific populations, to help family members understand more about suicide risk.

SAMHSA

SAMHSA's National Helpline

SAMHSA’s National Helpline, 1-800-662-HELP (4357) (also known as the Treatment Referral Routing Service), or TTY: 1-800-487-4889 is a confidential, free, 24-hour-a-day, 365-day-a-year, information service, in English and Spanish, for family members facing of individuals facing mental health and/or substance use disorders. This service provides referrals to local treatment facilities, support groups, and community-based organizations. Supports could be an outpatient therapist, intensive outpatient treatment, partial hospitalization treatment, residential treatment, inpatient hospital treatment, recovery housing, community-based or peer-led supports, and home-based services.

SAMHSA Behavioral Health Treatment Services Locator  

The Behavioral Health Treatment Services Locator is a confidential and anonymous source of information for persons seeking support in the United States for substance use/addiction and/or mental health problems. You put in your location (address, city, or zip code) and are given a list of behavioral health treatment locations in your area, along with their phone numbers, address, website, and information on the type of support they provide. Supports could be an outpatient therapist (someone you could see 1–3 times per week or every other week), intensive outpatient treatment, partial hospitalization treatment, residential treatment, inpatient hospital treatment, recovery housing, community-based or peer-led supports, and home-based services.

Suicide Awareness Voices of Education (SAVE)

SAVE is a non-profit organization dedicated to suicide prevention and suicide loss support. See their website to learn more about prevention and programs to support those who have lost loved ones to suicide

Parents to Parents: After Your Child’s Suicide Attempt

Parents to Parents: After Your Child’s Suicide Attempt, is a video which describes what parents can expect in the days and weeks following a child’s suicide-related crisis; provides information on how to access effective treatment; offers insights on how parents can best support their child and family; shares information on evidence-based practices; and validates feelings that often arise. It includes perspectives of parents of children who made a suicide attempt and suicide research experts, and was created by the Zero Suicide Institute at the Education Development Center and Parents to Parents.