International Association for Suicide Prevention (IASP)

Discover this American Association of Suicidology document that discusses suicide rates amongst the African American population. See Things We Can Do to Help. - Read more

Read this article that shares that Black leaders and parents still operate under the notion that black youths just don't commit suicide. Read for details. - Read more

Reports that Asian Americans are much more likely than the average American to commit suicide, according to a recent report from the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). - Read more

Read this paper that was written by F. M. Baker and was published by the Journal of National Medical Association. - Read more

Discover this paper that examines the influence of concentrated disadvantage (and related characteristics) on suicide among young black males across U.S. cities. - Read more

Shares "primary care physicians are less likely to detect mental health problems, including depression, among African American and Hispanic patients than among whites." - Read more

Reveals "study after study has shown that Asians underutilize mental health services much more than other populations, according to Stanley Sue, PhD, director of the National Research Center on Asian American Mental Health in Davis, California." - Read more

Reports "According to the Centers for Disease Control, in 1980, the suicide rate for Whites aged 10-19 was 157% greater than that of Blacks. However, by 1995 there was only a 42% difference. Although Whites are still more likely to commit suicide than blacks, the suicide rate for all African-Americans doubled between 1980 and 1996." - Read more

Learn about this organization that was was formed to stop the tragic epidemic of suicide in minority communities. - Read more

Read a transcript or listen to a broadcast of a discussion which addressed suicide risk and depression in Black men. - Read more

"According to the southern California-based Muslim Mortuary and Cemetery Committee, the rate of Muslim suicides in Orange County and Los Angeles alone between the years of 2006 to 2008 was 15.5 times higher than the rate in the previous ten years." - Read more

Details "one in five Latina adolescents attempt to commit suicide. They are more likely to take their own life than any other group in the United States." - Read more

Browse to become familiar with this program offered by the Ohio State University. - Read more

Read this news item that reveals that suicide is still the third leading cause of death among young black men, who are seven times as likely to commit suicide as black women. - Read more