Indian Health Services: This is the U.S. Department of Health and Human Service’s portal specifically for Native Americans. There are several pages devoted to suicide and suicide prevention and care, with links to articles on how to talk about suicide, warning signs, and resources for patients and providers to aid recovery or seek treatment for the mental illness that may be driving the suicidality. The portal also discusses some of the media campaigns targeted towards Native American suicide awareness.
Community Readiness Manual: This freely accessible guide created by the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration covers many types of training to provide culturally relevant and evidence based community suicide prevention efforts. It is an excellent current diagnostic tool for creating a community based suicide prevention program and strategies, such as at a university or within a tribe. It includes information on determining the readiness of a community to support suicide prevention initiatives and creating sustainable community strategies and workshops for suicide prevention.
PubMed Central: This source is also mentioned in the academic resources tab, but it is a government database and also contains prevention planning information. It provides peer reviewed scientific studies and articles on a variety of mental health issues that may influence Native Americans to consider suicide, as well as actions of suicide and culturally specific suicide prevention.
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