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How to Search: Introduction

This Web site is designed to assist you in locating information and resources about suicide prevention.

 

Specifically, this Web site was developed for locating situation specific suicide prevention resources in a quick and effective way. This is also known as offering “tailored” information.   Access to tailored information is available by:

 

  • Organizing the Web site information in ways that offer situation specific or tailored views of the information
  • Promoting a user-friendly and efficient way to search authoritative suicide prevention resources
  • Searching the Web site using a key word search
  • Locating and announcing updates about relevant tailored resources regularly
  • Receiving personalized and tailored search help when needed

 

The word “intermediary” or "helping role" is used to describe the person who is concerned about someone who might be suicidal. Intermediaries or helpers, are people from all walks of life ranging from the parent of a child who is at risk for suicide, to a psychiatrist offering mental health services.

 

It is our belief that while some information about suicide prevention is broad and general, knowing what to look for within the context of your relationship with the person who is at risk for suicide will help you to make better choices for what to do to help.   Because of that belief, you will notice that resources are organized not only using their broad meaning, but are also arranged and written around “specific intermediary” roles.  There are naturally some overlaps in the information, but where possible, information is situation and role specific.


Navigating the Web site
Learn more about how suicide prevention information is organized on this Web site.

Accessing Specific Helping Role Information
Find out how to search for suicide prevention resources that are specifically geared toward assisting persons in helping roles.

Conducting a Tailored Search
Locate tailored suicide prevention resources within the National Library of Medicine databases.

Conducting a Keyword Search
Find resources by performing keyword searches.

Using the Online Guide
Learn more about when to seek help from the Online Guide, a “real person” especially trained to locate authoritative suicide prevention resources.

Receiving Updates to your Tailored Searches
Register with this Web site and receive regular updates on your Tailored Search interests.

Searching the World Wide Web
Become familiar with criteria that will help you to evaluate suicide prevention information found online. The World Wide Web provides thousands of suicide prevention resources, however, not all resources found online are reputable.
 

What to look for
>Detection Resources
>>Associated Factors
>>Protective Factors
>>Facts  
>>Myths
>>How to relate
>>Common concerns
>Professional resources
>>Professional screening tools
>>Suicide risk screening tools
What to do to help
>Treatment Resources
>>What to do in an emergency  
>>Suicide hotlines
>>Facilities
>>Mental health providers
>>Legal considerations
>>Standard treatments for suicide ideation
>>What to do as a survivor of suicide
>Professional Resources
>>Clinical guidance 
>>Ethical and Legal guidelines
>>Assessment information
>>Medication information
>>What to do as a professional survivor of suicide
What education is available 
>Education Resources
>>Online educational tools  
>>Organizations
>>Courses for credit
>>Publications
>Professional Resources
>>Higher education   
>>Organizations
>>Courses for credit
>>Continuing education
>>Conferences
>>Publications
What researchers are doing
>Research Resources
>>Research news
>>Statistics
>>Clinical trials
>>Grants/RFP
>>Institutions
>Professional Resources
>>Research news

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Last Updated: July 2004