The Delaware Suicide Prevention Coalition created a 5 Year Strategy for suicide prevention, which was recently extended to 2023, to reflect the United States National Suicide Prevention Plan.
Originally approved by Delaware Suicide Prevention Coalition on Monday, June 17, 2013, the plan’s goals are summarized below. For more information, contact Jennifer Smolowitz at jsmolowitz@mhainde.org.
Overview:
Goal 1 : Integrate and coordinate suicide prevention activities across multiple sectors and settings
Goal 2: Implement research-informed communication efforts designed to prevent suicide by changing knowledge, attitudes, and behaviors
Goal 3: Increase knowledge of the factors that offer protection from suicidal behaviors and that promote wellness and recovery
Goal 4: Promote responsible media reporting of suicide, accurate portrayals of suicide and mental illnesses in the entertainment industry, and the safety of online content related to suicide
Goal 5: Develop, implement, and monitor effective programs that promote wellness and prevent suicide and related behaviors
Goal 6: Promote efforts to reduce access to lethal means of suicide among individuals with identified suicide risk
Goal 7: Provide training to community and clinical service providers on the prevention of suicide and related behaviors
Goal 8: Promote suicide prevention as a core component of health care services
Goal 9: Promote and implement effective clinical and professional practices for assessing and treating those identified as being at risk for suicidal behaviors
Goal 10: Provide care and support to individuals affected by suicide deaths and attempts to promote healing and implement community strategies to help prevent further suicides
Goal 11: Increase the timeliness and usefulness of surveillance systems relevant to suicide prevention and improve the ability to collect, analyze, and use this information for action
Goal 12: Promote and Support Research on Suicide Behavior and Prevention
Goal 13: Evaluate the impact and effectiveness of suicide prevention interventions and systems and synthesize and disseminate findings
The Suicide Prevention Coalition began efforts in 2004 and enlisted multiple state, private and nonprofit organizations to participate in the effort.
Our ultimate mission is to:
• Raise awareness that suicide is a preventable public health problem
• Enable the behavioral and social changes necessary to reduce suicidal ideation and attempts
DE Suicide Prevention Coalition Members
Amanecer Counseling & Resource Center
→ https://amanecerde.org/
American Foundation for Suicide Prevention
→ https://afsp.org/
ContactLifeline, Inc.
→ www.contactlifeline.org
DE Child Death, Near Death, Stillbirth Commission
→ http://courts.delaware.gov/childdeath/who.htm
Delaware Coalition Against Gun Violence
→ https://www.decagv.org/
DE Department of Corrections
→ http://www.doc.delaware.gov/
DE Department of Education
→ www.doe.k12.de.us
DE Department of Health and Social Services
→ http://dhss.delaware.gov/dhss/
• Delaware Crisis Intervention Services
• Division of Public Health
• Division of Substance Abuse and Mental Health
DE Department of Services for Children, Youth and Their Families
• Division of Prevention and Behavioral Health Services
→ http://kids.delaware.gov/pbhs/pbhs.shtml
DE Department of Veterans Affairs
→ https://vets.delaware.gov/
DE National Guard
→ www.de.ng.mil
Delaware State University
→ www.desu.edu
Delaware Technical Community College
→ https://www.dtcc.edu/
Dover Air Force Base
→ https://www.dover.af.mil/
Dover Behavioral Health
→ https://doverbehavioral.com/
MeadowWood Hospital
→ http://www.meadowwoodhospital.com/
Mental Health Association in DE
→ www.mhainde.org
NAMI – DE
→ https://www.namidelaware.org/
Rockford Center
→ www.rockfordcenter.com
Siegel JCC
→ https://www.siegeljcc.org/
SL24 Foundation
→ https://www.unlockethelight.com/
Smyrna High School
→ https://smyrna.k12.de.us/shs
Sun Behavioral Health
→ https://sunbehavioral.com/delaware/
UMttr
→ http://umttr.org/
University of Delaware
• Center for Counseling and Student Development
→ www.udel.edu/Counseling
• Center for Drug and Health Studies
→ https://www.cdhs.udel.edu/
VA CCN TAI CHI FOR VETERANS
→ http://www.sculpturlife.com/tai-chi-for-veterans
Wilmington University, Community Counseling
→ www.wilmu.edu/
Contact
For more information, contact Jennifer Smolowitz at: (302) 654-6833 or jsmolowitz@mhainde.org.