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Mental Health Links - PreventionOrganizations- http://www.cdcnpin.org/
Reference, referral, and distribution service for information on HIV/AIDS, STDs, and TB are available here.
- http://www.nrchmi.samhsa.gov
Develops papers, workshops, and training programs on service delivery to homeless persons with serious mental illnesses. Maintains a database of over 4,000 articles.
- http://www.rwjf.org/aboutGrantees/npoDetail.jsp?id=IPP
The purpose of this program, sponsored by the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, is to accelerate the dissemination of successful injury prevention programs developed by Columbia University.
- http://mchlibrary.info/KnowledgePaths/kp_adolvio.html
This online guide offers a selection of recent, high quality resources and tools for further research. It is aimed at health professionals, policymakers, and researchers who are interested in tracking timely information on this issue.
- http://www.acde.org/
The American Council for Drug Education is a substance abuse prevention and education agency that develops programs and materials based on the most current scientific research on drug use and its impact on society.
- 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.
- http://www.colorado.edu/research/cspv/blueprints
In 1996, the Center for the Study and Prevention of Violence (CSPV), at
the University of Colorado at Boulder, with funding from the Colorado Division
of Criminal Justice, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, and the
Pennsylvania Commission on Crime and Delinquency, designed and launched a
national violence prevention initiative to identify violence prevention programs that are effective.
- http://www.ceasefirechicago.org
CeaseFire Chicago is a partnership between community-based organizations, residents, clergy, law enforcement, business and civic leaders, and corporate and philanthropic organizations. They focus on the goal of reducing violence in all forms in targeted CeaseFire Zones within Chicago. This web site provides information on the organization and what they do to combat violence.
- http://www.samhsa.gov/centers/csap/csap.html
The Center for Substance Abuse Prevention provides national leadership in the development of policies, programs, and services to prevent the onset of illegal drug use, to prevent underage alcohol and tobacco use, and to reduce the negative consequences of using substances. CSAP is one of 3 Centers within the the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA).
- http://64.176.85.151/ReportSomeone/reportindex.html
This is a site where teens can anonymously report someone who is threatening violence, talking about suicide, or abusing drugs.
- http://www.mentalhealthscreening.org/
Screening for Mental Health, Inc. is a non-profit that coordinates nationwide mental health screening programs and so as to ensure cooperation, professionalism, and accountability in mental illness screenings.
- http://ncadi.samhsa.gov/promos/sess/about.html
In October 1997, with initial funding of $30 million, the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA) and Casey Family Programs embarked on a precedent-setting public/private collaboration. The resulting Starting Early Starting Smart (SESS) is a knowledge development initiative designed to create and test a new model for providing integrated behavioral health services (mental health and substance abuse prevention and treatment) for young children (birth to 7 years) and their families; and to inform practitioners and policymakers of successful interventions and promising practices from the multiyear study
- 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.
- 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- 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.
- http://www.healthatoz.com/
A comprehensive, health and medical resource developed by healthcare professionals for use by other medical professionals and consumers.
- http://www.health-in-action.org
Health in Action provides online access to health promotion and injury prevention resources in Alberta. Includes programs, contacts, research, links, listservs, conferences, news and feature articles.
- http://www.mass.gov/dph/fch/violence/
This site provides a list of violence prevention and intervention services available in the State of Massachusetts. It includes services for battered women, gay men, minorities, and children.
- 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.
- http://www.ihs.gov/MedicalPrograms/InjuryPrevention/index.cfm
The mission of the Indian Health Service’s Injury Prevention Program is to improve the health of American Indians and Alaska Natives by decreasing the incidence of severe injuries and death and increasing the ability of tribes to address their injury problems. The web site provides information on training programs, symposiums, and contact information for the program headquarters in all 12 HIS areas.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- http://www.cdc.gov/hiv/dhap.htm
CDC's HIV mission is to prevent HIV infection and reduce the incidence of HIV-related illness and death, in collaboration with community, State, National, and international partners. This site provides: recommendations and guidelines on counseling, testing, evaluation, prevention, and treatment; general information on HIV and AIDS; frequently asked questions; statistics and trends; and the latest updates on HIV and AIDS related information.
- http://www.ph.dhr.state.ga.us/programs/injuryprevention/
The mission of Georgia Injury Prevention is to provide leadership in the prevention of injury in Georgia. Their major focus areas are injury control data collection, provision of leadership, and promotion of technical assistance and training.
- http://www.health.ri.gov/disease/saferi/home.htm
This site provides information on suicide prevention. It contains fact sheets, lists of risks factors, statistics on suicide in Rhode Island, and Rhode Island’s suicide prevention planning information.
- http://www.saferchild.org/drugs&.htm
Safer Child, Inc. provides parents, caregivers, and educators worldwide with the resources and information they need in order to help all children grow up healthy, safe and happy. The group addresses topics such as mental health, substance abuse, and violence.
- http://mentalhealth.samhsa.gov/cmhs/MentalHealthStatistics/URS2002.asp
SAMHSA's Data Systems provides links to three of SAMHSA's agency websites that maintain statistics on substance abuse prevention, addiction treatment and mental health services.
- 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.
- http://www.ed.gov/admins/lead/safety/preventingattacksreport.pdf
This report, Final Report and Findings of the Safe School Initiative:
Implications for the Prevention of School Attacks in the United States, is
the result of a collaborative effort of the United States Secret Service and the United States Department of Education.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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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