International Association for Suicide Prevention (IASP)

Offers resources relating to this year's World Suicide Prevention Day co-sponsored by the International Association for Suicide Prevention (IASP) and the World Health Organization (WHO). - Read more

Suicide Prevention in Different Cultures is the theme of this year's World Suicide Prevention Day on September 10, 2009. Read this announcement in PDF format that explains how suicide prevention programs need to be tailored to different cultural contexts. - Read more

Offers a press release about World Suicide Prevention Day on September 10th, 2009. See how suicide is preventable and learn about the United Nations press conference. - Read more

Become familiar with the speakers and topics at the launch of World Suicide Prevention Day at the United Nations on Thursday, September 10, 2009, from 10:00AM to 11:30AM. - Read more

Browse to become familiar with World Suicide Prevention Day 2009 activities carried out throughout the world. - Read more

Browse to become familiar with the World Health Organization's Web page detailing World Suicide Prevention Day. - Read more

Facebook users can be come fans of the International Association for Suicide Prevention and its World Suicide Prevention Day activities throughout the world. - Read more

Follow the International Association for Suicide Prevention and developments, activities and events relating to World Suicide Prevention Day. - Read more

World Suicide Prevention Day was marked worldwide. The day passed off without many Ghanaians hearing about it. Despite the lack of recognition for the event what cannot be lost on Ghanaians is that the rate at which suicides are occurring in Ghana is worrying. - Read more

Angola publication announces World Suicide Prevention Day and its aims to bring awareness of the main cause of avoidable premature death. - Read more

Read this post on antropologi.info a multilingual anthropology portal with news blogs in English, German and Norwegian. - Read more

Launched on World Suicide Prevention Day a mental health group's phone number has been painted on the cell walls at an Edinburgh police station in the first move of its kind. - Read more

Article details "Those who work in the field of mental ill-health deserve credit for their devotion to duty, but they need greater resources to enable them to help those on the verge of ending their own lives." - Read more

Details World Suicide Prevention Day 2009 activities in Bangalore, India. - Read more

Offers a listing of facts relating to suicide worldwide and suicide prevention. - Read more

Offers a ESL lesson plan or teaching aid that highlights World Suicide Prevention Day. - Read more

Post states, "Although there isn’t much on in the UK, it doesn’t stop us sparing thoughts and reaching out to those who have been bereaved through suicide or are experiencing difficult times themselves. Sometimes the reaching out and contact can make a large difference." - Read more

World Suicide Prevention Day is September 10. We’ve been using the colors purple and turquoise for people to show their support for people who have lost loved ones to suicide for several years. Read for details. - Read more

The Government has achieved 70 percent of the 53 steps set out in its plan to prevent suicide, Associate Health Minister Peter Dunne says. - Read more

Press release promotes World Suicide Prevention Day on September 10th, 2009, and the official launch at the United Nations where WHO and IASP officials will announce latest figures on suicide worldwide. - Read more

Announces World Suicide Prevention Day noting that "the local level, policy statements and research outcomes need to be translated into prevention programmes and activities in communities." - Read more

Notes that "while the issue of suicide is one that is not faced by Irish people alone, our tendency to avoid talking about the things that distress us does make us particularly vulnerable." - Read more

Suicide or Survive, which provides services and supports aimed at suicide prevention, said a greater focus on preventing suicide is now necessary due to the economic recession, which has led to greater unemployment and the fall in people's living standards. - Read more

９月１０日（水曜日）に国連で自殺防止の大会があります。９月３日までにお申し込み下さいとのことです。ご興味のある方は　Rebecca Thorp　さんにご連絡下さい。rthorp@afsp.org or 212-363-3500 ext. 33 - Read more

There's a special walk this weekend in Kennewick designed to bring awareness to suicide prevention. It's the first annual Walk About to Talk About Suicide Prevention. - Read more

Divorced or widowed men are more likely to take their own lives than married ones, according to a recent survey issued ahead of World Suicide Prevention Day, which fell on Thursday. - Read more

A Charity ball is being organised by ZEST - a local counselling and support service for those affected by self-harm and suicide - and will take place on World Suicide Prevention Day on September 10. - Read more

Camilla, posts an item reminding readers about World Suicide Prevention Day and suicide prevention awareness. - Read more

Read this press release about World Suicide Prevention Day on September 10, 2009. Learn about the press conference at the United Nations with members of the World Health Organization. - Read more

Kenneth Hemmerick, of Suicide Prevention Help, explains why he supports World Suicide Prevention Day. - Read more

Romeo Vitelli offers this blog posting for World Suicide Prevention Day 2009. - Read more

In an effort to raise awareness and money for Your Life Counts, a youth suicide prevention organization, extreme rider Dale Vranckx set a new world record. - Read more

Discusses World Suicide Prevention Day and suicide prevention initiatives in New Zealand. - Read more

Littleton, MA, suicide prevention organization is sponsoring a walk on 12 September. Browse to find registration form. - Read more

About 2,000 people participated in the four-km walk, which was inaugurated by Nalli Kuppuswami, from Gandhi statue to the public works department office and back. - Read more

Suicide Prevention Help supports World Suicide Prevention Day and the work of the International Association for Suicide Prevention. - Read more

Announces World Suicide Prevention Day and notes governments need to develop policy frameworks for national suicide prevention strategies. - Read more

The stigmatization or taboo around discussion of suicide and suicide prevention, including the treatment of mental illness, experts say, is probably the leading barrier to addressing the 11th leading cause of death among all age groups in the United States. - Read more

Find sound bites from Alexandria Fleischmann of the World Health Organization discussing suicide prevention that notes that about a third of all suicides are due to self poisoning with pesticides. - Read more

A two-day symposium being held in Wellington next month will address the continuing over-representation of Māori in New Zealand suicide statistics. "Culture and Suicide Prevention in Aotearoa" has been organised by Suicide Prevention Information New Zealand (SPINZ) to coincide with World Suicide Prevention Day on September 10. - Read more

Read about Nic Cuthbert and Mathew Sladden who plan to cycle around Australia unassisted in an effort to raise awareness for youth suicide prevention and mental health issues. - Read more

In recognition of World Suicide Awareness Day this organization is offering a day long community education event entitled, "Youth Suicide Prevention Initiatives" which will highlight local and state initiatives. - Read more

A recent WHO study shows that young people are often at risk, and that suicide is the second largest cause of mortality in the 10-24 age group. However, there are different risk factors in different cultures. Listen to the podcast. - Read more

The issue of suicide prevention is a focus around the world and in the Valley Thursday on World Suicide Prevention Day.Counselors at James Madison University are trying to let students know the resources available to them should they feel troubled. - Read more