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Suicide is preventable; the Idaho Suicide Prevention Coalition leads

collaborative action to decrease death by suicide.

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Hotlinks

Hotline: (https://www.idahocrisis.org/)

Find Help Idaho https://www.findhelpidaho.org/ For Additional Resources & Training

Idaho Suicide Prevention Program: (https://healthandwelfare.idaho.gov/services-programs/behavioral-health/other-resources)

American Foundation for Suicide Prevention Idaho Chapter: https://afsp.org/chapter/idaho

ISPC aims to provide accurate and reliable information to the people we serve so they are best equipped to get help for themselves or someone else. Please let us know if you have any suggestions, comments or problems with the resources listed below by using the contact form at the bottom of this page.

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Idaho Violent Death Reporting Data

Get Healthy Idaho Website https://www.gethealthy.dhw.idaho.gov/idaho-vdrs

SPP Dashboard:  Suicide Prevention | Idaho

Statewide Resources

Idaho Crisis & Suicide Hotline (Text or Call: 988) provides crisis intervention, emotional support, problem solving, and referrals to local resources for persons at risk for suicide and for those concerned about them.

Idaho Wellness Guide is an online guide for chronic disease resources in Idaho.

The Live Better Idaho helps Idahoans seek, find, and access services from providers who offer those services.

Community Resources Idaho is dedicated to helping with successful community transition.

Idaho’s Suicide Prevention Print Materials – The Idaho Department of Heath and Welfare have a number of publications available to individuals, health care professionals, and others who care for people with chronic diseases. These materials can be ordered free of charge by selecting the quantity of each material you would like and completing a check out process.

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DISTRICT 1 – PANHANDLE

Panhandle Health District (http://panhandlehealthdistrict.org/)

Idaho Dept. of Health & Welfare – Region 1 (https://healthandwelfare.idaho.gov/ContactUs/Region1/tabid/225/Default.aspx)

Kootenai Recovery Community Center (https://www.kootenairecovery.org/)

DISTRICT 2 – NORTH CENTRAL

Idaho Dept. of Health & Welfare – Region 2 (http://healthandwelfare.idaho.gov/ContactUs/Region2/tabid/226/Default.aspx)

Latah Recovery Center (https://latahrecoverycenter.org/about/)

DISTRICT 3 – SOUTHWEST

Southwest District Health (https://phd3.idaho.gov/)

Idaho Dept. of Health & Welfare – Region 3 (http://healthandwelfare.idaho.gov/ContactUs/Region3/tabid/227/Default.aspx)

Gem County Recovery Community Center (https://www.facebook.com/GemCountyRecovery/)

DISTRICT 4 – CENTRAL

Idaho Dept. of Health & Welfare – Region 4 (http://healthandwelfare.idaho.gov/ContactUs/Region4/tabid/228/Default.aspx)

DISTRICT 5 – SOUTH CENTRAL

Idaho Dept. of Health & Welfare – Region 5 (http://healthandwelfare.idaho.gov/ContactUs/Region5/tabid/229/Default.aspx)

South Central Public Health District (https://phd5.idaho.gov/)

the center for HOPE (https://www.thecenterforhopeif.com/)

DISTRICT 6 – SOUTHEASTERN

Idaho Dept. of Health & Welfare – Region 6 (http://healthandwelfare.idaho.gov/ContactUs/Region6/tabid/230/Default.aspx)

DISTRICT 7 – EASTERN

Idaho Dept. of Health & Welfare – Region 7 (http://healthandwelfare.idaho.gov/ContactUs/Region7/tabid/231/Default.aspx)

Recovery

A working definition of recovery from mental disorders and/or substance use disorders: A process of change through which individuals improve their health and wellness, live a self-directed life and strive to reach their full potential. 

Lethal Means

SUICIDE, GUNS, AND PUBLIC HEALTH 

Most efforts to prevent suicide focus on why people take their lives. But as we understand more about who attempts suicide and when and where and why, it becomes increasingly clear that how a person attempts–the means they use–plays a key role in whether they live or die.

Harvard School of Public Health –  Learn more here. 

 

SAFE GUARD YOUR HOME

Even if you think your child is not at risk for suicide, why take chances? These simple steps can help you suicide-proof your home and possibly save a life. 

For gun owners, protecting your family involves more than keeping them safe from accident or attack. It also involves being aware of the warning signs of suicide and the steps to prevent it. Together we can protect our family, our friends, and our freedom.

 

“Reducing the availability of highly lethal and commonly used suicide methods has been associated with declines in suicide rates of as much as 30%–50% in other countries. The theory and evidence underlying means restriction is outlined. Most evidence of its efficacy comes from population-level interventions and natural experiments. In the U.S., where 51% of suicides are completed with firearms and household firearm ownership is common and likely to remain so, reducing a suicidal person’s access to firearms will usually be accomplished not by fiat or other legislative initiative but rather by appealing to individual decision, for example, by counseling at-risk people and their families to temporarily store household firearms away from home or otherwise making household firearms inaccessible to the at-risk person until they have recovered. Providers, gatekeepers, and gun owner groups are important partners in this work. Research is needed in a number of areas: communications research to identify effective messages and messengers for “lethal means counseling,” clinical trials to identify effective interventions, translational research to ensure broad uptake of these interventions across clinical and community settings, and foundational research to better understand method choice and substitution. Approaches to suicide methods other than firearms are discussed. Means restriction is one of the few empirically based strategies to substantially reduce the number of suicide deaths.”

 

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GET IMMEDIATE HELP

Idaho Crisis & Suicide Hotline (Text or Call: 988) provides crisis intervention, emotional support, problem solving, and referrals to local resources for persons at risk for suicide and for those concerned about them.

People often don’t get the mental health services they need because they don’t know where to start.

Talk to your primary care doctor or another health professional about mental health problems. Ask them to connect you with the right mental health services.

If you do not have a health professional who is able to assist you, use these resources to find help for yourself, your friends, your family, or your students.

EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES – 911

If the situation is potentially life-threatening, get immediate emergency assistance by calling 911, available 24 hours a day.

SAMHSA TREATMENT REFERRAL HELPLINE – 1‑877‑SAMHSA7 (1‑877‑726‑4727)

Get general information on mental health and locate treatment services in your area. Speak to a live person, Monday through Friday from 8 a.m. to 8 p.m. EST.