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Numbers to Call in
an Emergency
If you are currently suicidal or
are concerned that a loved one may be, you can call:
HopeLine
1-800-844-7410
Teen TalkLine
1-800-844-7403
National Suicide Prevention Lifeline:
1-800-273-TALK (8255)
If there is an emergency where
you or someone has attempted suicide, call 911 or go immediately to
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TCSP AFFILIATES
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Chapel Hill Police Crisis Unit: A 24 hour mobile crisis team that responds within the city
limits to persons in crisis. The latter includes victims, trauma and
psychiatric emergencies. Includes crisis intervention, short-term case
management and community education.
Contact: Matt Sullivan or Jim Huegerich at
919-968-2806.
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Chapel Hill
Survivors of Suicide Loss support group. Meets second Thursday
of each month at 7 pm at United Church of Chapel Hill (1321 Martin
Luther King Blvd, formerly Airport Rd.). Contact: Jodi Flick:
919-962-4988 or
joflick@email.unc.edu or Michelle Turner: 919-968-2806 or
mturner@townofchapelhill.org.
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Department of
Veterans Affairs: Coordinates all aspects of veterans' and their
families' needs regarding suicide prevention. Contact: Gary Cunha at
919-286-0411, Ext. 7480.
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Duke Child and Family Study Center, Department
of Psychiatry, Duke University School of Medicine:
Treatment for suicidal children and adolescents is
offered through the Child Psychiatry Program at Duke. We also have
several research studies including studies of treatments for depressed
suicidal adolescents and substance abusing and suicidal adolescents.
Contact: Dr. David Goldston at 919-416-2423.
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Duke Community Bereavement Services (Unicorn
Bereavement Center): Devoted to persons of all ages who are adjusting
to a loss due to death, the center provides postvention services related
to suicide on both an individual and group basis. Camp ReLEAF is also an
overnight camp for children and teens who have experienced death.
Contact: William Holloman
at 919-644-6869 or visit the website,
http://dhcc.dukehealth.org.
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Holly Hill
Hospital: An inpatient facility for mental health and
substance abuse clients as well as Adult PHP services, a 24/7 Crisis
Response Telephone Service (800) 447-1800/(919) 250-7000, and more.
Holly Hill hosts the regional office for "The Jason Foundation," a
national organization for the prevention of adolescent suicide.
Contact: Garrett Hamilton at 919-862-6199,
garrett.hamiton@psysolutions.com.
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HopeLine, Inc.: Provides a free
24 hour suicide prevention and crisis intervention helpline and Teen
TalkLine. For more information visit
www.hopeline-nc.org
or contact: Courtney Atwood or Andi Gold: 919-832-3326,
courtneyw@hopeline-nc.org or
andig@hopeline-nc.org
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Mental Health Association in North Carolina:
The MHA/NC provides educational material and speakers on topics
relating to mental health, including depression and suicide. The MHA/NC
also has available a team of ASIST (Applied Suicide Intervention Skills
Training) trainers who are available to the community state-wide.
Contact: Romaine Riddle at 919-981-0740 or
visit the website,
www.mha-nc.org.
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Mental Health Association in Orange County:
MHA/OC promotes positive mental health through advocacy, education,
collaboration, and service. Also available is an Information and Referral
line for those desiring information regarding community suicide resources.
Contact: Mark Sullivan at 919-942-8083 or
visit the website,
www.mhaoc.com.
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North Carolina Department of Health and Human
Services, Division of Public Health, Injury and Violence Prevention
Branch: Assesses the issue of youth suicide (ages 10-24). The branch
serves as the lead agency of the North Carolina Youth Suicide Prevention
Task Force and promotes implementation of the goals set forth in Saving
Tomorrows Today, the state youth suicide prevention plan.
Contact: Jane Ann Miller at 919-707-5430 or visit the website:
www.communityhealth.dhhs.state.nc.us/Injury/YouthSuicidePlan.pdf.
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Triangle SOS Survivors of Suicide Support
Group: A support group for people who have experienced the loss of a
loved one by suicide. Contact: Larry Bernstein at 919-828-0890 or
visit the website,
www.TriangleSOS.org.
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UNC
Department of Psychiatry, Crisis Services:
Provides psychiatric
evaluations including suicide assessment, intervention, short term
supportive and problem-solving therapy and referral.
Contact: Julie McIntyre
at 919-966-2166.
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UNC School
of Social Work, Family and Children's Resource Program:
Provides training and education for human service providers as well
as suicide prevention. Contact: Jodi Flick at 919-962-4988 or
www.ssw.unc.edu/FCRP/.
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PREVENTION RESOURCES
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Many suicides are
preventable. There is a part of suicidal people that wants to live; there
is another part that wants to die because they are in pain and cannot see
another solution to their situation. Most suicidal people give warning
signals of their suicidal intentions, but those in close contact are often
unaware of the significance of these warnings or unsure what to do about
them.
Suicide prevention services provide education about suicide, including
risk factors, warning signs and the availability of help.
NATIONAL:
LOCAL
POSTVENTION RESOURCES
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Suicide is as much a
prelude as it is an ending. In the United States, more than 31,000 people
die from suicide each year. The impact results in about 300,000 new
mourners each year (not including colleagues and friends) who are "frozen"
in their grief because suicide is a dreaded and forbidden topic. After the
suicide of a loved one, survivors suffer in three ways: (1) they suffer
the loss of the person who died; (2) they suffer from the trauma of the
circumstance of death; and (3) they suffer from the silence that surrounds
the death.
Postvention services provide support and healing for suicidally bereaved
individuals. Individual grief counseling and loss-specific bereavement
support groups enable survivors to go on living. Most importantly, "postvention
is prevention for the next decade and for the next generation" (from
Silent Grief, Living in the Wake of Suicide, p. 209).
NATIONAL
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Survivors of Suicide
Self-Help Group:
www.trianglesos.org (meets every Thursday from 6:30--8:00 PM
on the 3rd floor of Hospice of Wake County. Call 919-828-0890 for more
information).
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Lifeline (for
those who have lost someone to suicide):
http://.dhcc.dukehealth.org,
click on Bereavement Services. For more information on support group
sessions, call 919-644-6869. Ten week support group meets from January
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Informational Resources
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