Internet Resources

Air Force Suicide Prevention Program.
Available online:  http://afspp.afms.mil
Contains Air Force produced suicide prevention teaching products such as PPTs, handouts, etc.  Official policy and guidance and other useful links.

Altman, Howard.  Military Suicide Rates Surge.  Tampa Bay Online October 10, 2010.
Available online:  http://www2.tbo.com/content/2010/oct/10/na-military-suicide-rates-surge/

American Association of Suicidology.
Available online at:  http://www.suicidology.org/
Concentrates on the understanding and prevention of suicide.

Anestis, Micheal and others.  Understanding Suicidal Behavior in the Military:  An Evaluation of Joiner's Interpersonal-Psychological Theory of Suicidal Behavior in Two Case Studies of Active Duty Post-Deployers.  Journal of Mental Health Counseling  31:60-75 January 2009.
Available online at:  http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&db=eoah&AN=17638292&site=ehost-live

Annotated List of Essential Air Force Suicide Prevention Program Policy Documents.
Available online at:  http://afspp.afms.mil/idc/groups/public/documents/afms/ctb_056461.pdf
No hyperlinks within document.

Armed Forces Crossroads, Medical & Dental - Suicide Prevention.
Available online at:  http://www.afcrossroads.com/medical/suicide_prevention.cfm 
Maintained by HRTec, Inc. (Human Resources Technologies, Inc.).  Numerous links for suicide prevention.

Army Health Promotion, Risk Reduction, Suicide Prevention; Report 2010.
Available online at:  http://usarmy.vo.llnwd.net/e1/HPRRSP/HP-RR-SPReport2010_v00.pdf
Provided for comparison to the Air Force.  "This report is a leader’s story—a story about Soldiers.  Read, study and act on this report.  It represents over a year’s worth of work to research, plan and implement health promotion, risk reduction and suicide prevention.  It requires your immediate attention."  General Peter W. Chiarelli.  350 page report.

Army Increases Support for Suicide Prevention.
Available online at:  http://www.army.mil/-news/2010/11/02/47541-army-increases-support-for-suicide-prevention/
Provided for comparison to the Air Force.

Bryan, Craig J. and others.  Combat Experience and the Acquired Capability for Suicide.  Journal of Clinical Psychology  66:1044-1056  October 2010.
Available online at:  http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&db=eoah&AN=22150496&site=ehost-live

Carr, Joel R. and others.  Suicide Surveillance in the U.S. Military-Reporting and Classification Biases in Rate Calculations.  Suicide & Life - Threatening Behavior 34:233-242 Fall 2004.
Available online at:  http://proquest.umi.com/pqdweb?did=715316181&sid=1&Fmt=4&clientId=417&RQT=309&VName=PQD

The DoD Suicide Event Report (DoDSER).
Available online at:  http://www.dcoe.health.mil/DCoEV2/Content/navigation/documents/gahm.pdf
Created by the Defense Centers of Excellence (DCoE) for Psychological Health (PH) and Traumatic Brain Injury (TBI).  Offers a 14 slide Power Point presentation of suicide statistics, created in 2009.

Martin,Jeffery and others.  A Comparative Review of U.S. Military and Civilian Suicide Behavior:  Implications for OEF/OIF Prevention Efforts.  Journal of Mental Health Counseling  31:101-118  April 2009.
Available online at:  http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&db=eoah&AN=18257040&site=ehost-live

National Institute of Mental Health:  Suicide Prevention.
Available online at:  http://www.nimh.nih.gov/health/topics/suicide-prevention/index.shtml

National Library of Medicine - MedlinePlus:  Suicide.
Available online at:  http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/suicide.html
Links to the world's largest medical library.

Screening for Mental Health:  Stop a Suicide Today!
Available online at:  http://www.stopasuicide.org
Developed by Harvard psychiatrist Douglas Jacobs, MD, Stop a Suicide, Today! teaches you how to recognize the signs of suicide in family members, friends and co-workers, and empowers you to make a difference in the lives of your loved ones.

Suicide:  A Medical Dictionary, Bibliography, and Annotated Research Guide to Internet References.  San Diego, CA, ICON Health Publications, 2003.
Available online at:  http://www.netlibrary.com/AccessProduct.aspx?ProductId=101689
Air University students and faculty will need to create an individual (free) account to fully access Fairchild's NetLibrary database.  For assistance, contact the MSFRIC Web Maintainer.

Suicide Prevention:  A Holistic Approach, edited by Diego De Leo and others.  New York, Kluwer Academic Publishers, 2002.  243 p.
Available online at:  http://www.netlibrary.com/AccessProduct.aspx?ProductId=67043

United States.  Congress.  Senate.  Committee on Armed Services.  To Receive Testimony on the Progress in Preventing Military Suicides and Challenges in Detection and Care of the Invisible Wounds of War.  Hearing.  112th Congress, June 22, 2010.
Available online at:  http://armed-services.senate.gov/e_witnesslist.cfm?id=4642
Includes an archived webcast of the testimonies.

Violanti, John M.  Predictors of Police Suicide Ideation.  Suicide & Life - Threatening Behavior 34:277-284 Fall 2004.
Available online at:  http://proquest.umi.com/pqdweb?did=715316231&sid=1&Fmt=4&clientId=417&RQT=309&VName=PQD

Books

Chiles, John and Strolsahl, Kirk.  Clinical Manual for Assessment and Treatment of Suicide Patients.  Washington, American Psychiatric Publishing, 2004.  333 p.
Book call no.:  616.858445  C537c

Evans, Glen.  The Encyclopedia of Suicide.  2nd ed.  New York, Facts on File, 2003.  329 p.
Book call no.:  R  362.2803 E92e  2003

Glantz, Aaron.  The War Comes Home:  Washington's Battle Against America's Veterans.  Berkeley, CA, University of California Press, 2009.  254 p.
Book call no.:  362.860973  G545w

Joiner, Thomas E.  Myths about Suicide.  Cambridge, MA, Harvard University Press, 2010.  288 p.
Book call no.:  362.28  J74m

Montgomery, Victor.  Healing Suicidal Veterans:  Recognizing, Supporting, and Answering Their Pleas for Help.  Far Hills, NJ, New Horizon Press, 2009.  234 p.
Book call no.:  362.2  M788h

Noren, Carol Marie.  In Times of Crisis and Sorrow:  A Minister's Manual Resource Guide.  San Francisco, Jossey-Bass, 2001.  324 p.
Book call no.:  259.6  N834i

Reducing Suicide:  A National Imperative, edited by Sara K. Goldsmith and the Institute of Medicine (U.S.), Committee on Pathophysiology & Prevention of Adolescent & Adult Suicide.  Washington, National Academies Press, 2002.  496 p.
Book call no.:  362.28  R321

Shneidman, Edwin S.  Comprehending Suicide:  Landmarks in 20th-Century Suicidology.  Washington, American Psychological Association, 2001.  215 p.
Book call no.:  616.858445  S558c

Simon, Robert I.  Assessing and Managing Suicide Risk:  Guidelines for Clinically Based Risk Management.  Washington, American Psychiatric Publishing, 2004.  234 p.
Book call no.:  362.287  S596a

Sphar, Asa R. and Smith, Argile Asa.  Helping Hurting People:  A Handbook on Reconciliation-Focused Counseling and Preaching.  Lanham, MD, University Press of America, 2003.  293 p.
Book call no.:  253.5  S753h

Stone, Howard W.  Crisis Counseling.  3rd ed.  Minneapolis, MN, Fortress Press, 2009.  100 p.
Book call no.:  253.5  S877c  2009

Suicide in the Military, edited by Leo Sher and Alexander Vilens.  New York, Nova Biomedical,  2009.  210 p.
Book call no.:  362.28088355  S948

United States.  Congress.  Senate.  Committee on Armed Services.  Subcommittee on Personnel.  The Incidence of Suicides of United States Servicemembers and Initiatives Within the Department of Defense to Prevent Military Suicides.  Hearing.  111th Congress, 1st Session, March 18, 2009.  Washington, GPO, 2009.  124 p.
If link does not open, copy link and paste into your browser's address bar.
Also available online at:  http://purl.access.gpo.gov/GPO/LPS118609
Book call no.:362.28088355  U58i

War and Suicide, edited by Leo Sher and Alexander Vilens.  New York, Nova Science Publishers, 2009.  306 p.
Book call no.:  616.858445  W253

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