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EDC/SPRC Urges Widespread Changes in Public Communications about Military and Veteran Suicide
WALTHAM, MA | Jan 15, 2013
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EDC/SPRC recommends that communications about U.S. military and veteran suicides focus more on solutions and prevention and less on statistics, tragic stories of hopelessness, and system failures, which have been much more prevalent. This and other EDC/SPRC recommendations appear in a commentary published in the January issue of American Journal of Public Health.

The authors make... read more

Action Alliance Launches National Strategy for Suicide Prevention Outlines Priorities and Goal to Save 20,000 Lives in Five Years
WASHINGTON, D.C | Sep 10, 2012
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Today, the National Action Alliance for Suicide Prevention (Action Alliance), along with Health and Human Services Secretary, Kathleen Sebelius, and the US Surgeon General, Dr. Regina Benjamin, launched a revised National Strategy for Suicide Prevention (NSSP) that will save lives by guiding suicide prevention activities for years to come. The revised strategy emphasizes the role every... read more

Jerry Reed Receives Public Service Award from the Society for Prevention Research
Waltham, MA | Jun 1, 2012
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EDC Vice President Jerry Reed has received the 2012 Public Service Award from the Society for Prevention Research (SPR), which bestows the award in recognition of extensive and effective advocacy for prevention science and research-based programs. Reed was presented with the award at SPR’s annual meeting in Washington, D.C.

The award acknowledges Reed for his decades of work in violence... read more

Suicide Prevention Resource Center (SPRC) Unveils New Website
Waltham, MA | Mar 5, 2012

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
March 5, 2012
Contact: Leigh Powers
1 (617) 618-2720
info@sprc.org

The newly redesigned website of the Suicide Prevention Resource Center (SPRC) goes live today at www.sprc.org. This improved version of SPRC’s website makes SPRC services more... read more

Facebook provides first-of-a-kind service to help prevent suicides
Dec 14, 2011

The Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration and the National Suicide Prevention Lifeline collaborate with Facebook to help those in crisis

Facebook announced a new service that harnesses the power of social networking and crisis support to help prevent suicides across the nation and Canada. The new service enables Facebook users to report a suicidal comment... read more

Reporting on Suicide

Research indicates that the way suicide is reported in the media can affect vulnerable individuals and contribute to additional suicides and suicide attempts. The following publication can help you report on suicide while minimizing dangers to those who may be at-risk.

Recommendations for reporting on suicide
Released in 2011, the Recommendations for Reporting on Suicide were developed by leading experts in suicide prevention and in collaboration with several international suicide prevention and public health organizations, schools of journalism, media organizations and key journalists as well as Internet safety experts. The research-based recommendations include suggestions for online media, message boards, bloggers, and "citizen journalists."

For assistance in developing stories on suicide, contact SPRC:
email: info@sprc.org
phone: 877-GET-SPRC (877-438-7772)