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Primary Care Toolkit - 6) Patient Education Tools / Other Resources

This section contains a list of additional tools to help increase awareness in patients, families, and communities about suicide. These Public Awareness Materials include items that may be ordered for posting in your clinic as well as items that may be disseminated to patients and families. Increasing awareness is an important component of addressing the problem of stigma associated with suicidality. Also included in this section is a list of Additional Suicide Prevention Resources. This list includes additional resources for providers as well as for patients, families, and community members. Samples of several of the tools included in this list are provided in the front pocket of the Toolkit, along with samples of the pocket guides described in the Developing Mental Health Partnerships and Patient Management Tools sections of the Toolkit.

Catalog of public awareness posters and brochures
URL: http://www.sprc.org/library/Catalogofposters.pdf
This catalog lists several additional materials you may find useful for posting in your office to promote suicide prevention awareness or for making available to patients in need of information about suicide.

Firearm Safe Storage Brochures
URL: http://depts.washington.edu/lokitup/images/media/firearm_locking_devices.pdf
This brochure explains the rationale for securing firearms in the home and describes the options available to parents and guardians. Brochures can be obtained for a small fee by contacting: Debbie.Ruggles@DOH.WA.GOV; Debbie Ruggles, MBA; Office of Community Health Systems, PO Box 47853, Olympia, WA 98504-7853

Warning Signs of Suicide Wallet Cards
URL: http://www.suicidepreventionlifeline.org/Materials/Default.aspx
Wallet cards for patients and support persons include the warning signs of suicide and are available in both English and Spanish.  An order form for a free supply of cards for all your patients is available at: http://www.suicidepreventionlifeline.org/App_Files/Media/
PDF/NSPL_Order_Form.pdf

When You Fear Someone May Take Their Life Brochure
This trifold patient brochure is loaded with helpful information for family and friends of patients at risk for suicide. The information in the brochure is available for free on the website of the American Foundation for Suicide Prevention (AFSP).  Hard copy brochures are available in both English and Spanish. To order, call the AFSP(21) 363-3500 x 10 or visit the online store at: http://www.afsp.org/

Resource List

URL: http://www.sprc.org/pctoolkit/resources.asp
This Additional Suicide Prevention Resources list is a resource guide for suicide prevention in Primary Care settings. The list is organized into Resources for Providers and Resources for Patients, Families, and Community Members.

  1. Resources for Providers:
  2. Resources for Patients, Families, and Community Members:
  3. General Information on Rural Mental Health and Related Topics

 

Order a Toolkit Now: Hard copies of the toolkit are available for $25.00 through WICHE Mental Health Program. For more information, please contact Tamara DeHay at tdehay@wiche.edu (preferred option) or 303-541-0254.