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988 Suicide & Crisis Lifeline
If you are thinking about suicide, are experiencing a mental health or substance use crisis, or are worried about a friend or loved one, reach out to the 988 Suicide & Crisis Lifeline for free and confidential support by calling or texting 988, or chatting at https://988lifeline.org/.
Learn more about 988 in Missouri.
Missouri Suicide Prevention Network
The Missouri Suicide Prevention Network (MSPN) is an independent, non-partisan, voluntary group of individuals, organizations, and public and private agencies who lead statewide suicide prevention efforts. MSPN was created in 2018 to reduce suicide through increasing coordination of efforts and implementing best practices for suicide prevention statewide. It is dedicated to promoting local, regional, and statewide suicide prevention initiatives that follow a public health framework and focus on evidence-based data, collaboration, and active community engagement.
- Information about Suicide Prevention in Missouri
Suicide in Missouri: Where We Stand
Missouri Suicide Prevention Facts & Resources
Missouri Suicide Prevention Plan
Missouri Ask Listen Refer One Pager
Service Members, Veterans, & Their Families Page
Help Him Stay Campaign Campaign Period: 2016 – 2019
Missouri Department of Mental Health Decrease launched a statewide campaign from 2016 – 2019 titled "Help Him Stay." The purpose of this campaign was to encourage help seeking among all males but specifically targeting middle-aged males in rural areas who are at highest risk of suicide in Missouri.
- Free Suicide Prevention Training Programs
- The Suicide Prevention Resource Center offers in-person and online suicide prevention training courses, webinars, and other virtual learning experiences.
- The Education Development Center offers an online Counseling on Access to Lethal Means (CALM) course intended to educate individuals on why means reduction is an important part of suicide prevention and how to help someone at risk of suicide reduce access to lethal means.
- Missouri Ask Listen Refer (ALR) is a 15-20 minute online suicide prevention training that teaches you how to identify someone at risk of suicide, recognize risk factors, protective factors, and warning signs, and respond to and get help for someone at risk.
- Preventing Suicide in Emergency Departments is a self-paced online course for health care professionals and others who may work with patients at risk of suicide.
- The Columbia-Suicide Severity Rating Scale (C-SSRS) Tool Training is an online training offered by the Columbia Lighthouse Project on how to use the C-SSRS tool.
Those with questions about any of the above training should contact the sponsoring organization directly.
- The Suicide Prevention Resource Center offers in-person and online suicide prevention training courses, webinars, and other virtual learning experiences.
- Additional Suicide Prevention & Awareness Information
Get Involved in Suicide Prevention Efforts
Suicide Prevention Resource Center
Substance Abuse & Mental Health Services Administration Suicide Prevention
- Substance Use and Suicide Prevention Newsletters
- Suicide Prevention Month