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National Strategy for Suicide Prevention:
Goals and Objectives for Action
Acknowledgments:
This document was prepared by the Department of Health and Human
Services under the direction of the Substance Abuse and Mental Health
Services Administration, Center for Mental Health Services, and the Office
of the Surgeon General; and through the partnership and collaboration
of stakeholders in the public and private sectors. At the request of the
Secretary, the Surgeon General provided essential leadership to coordinate
the related efforts of the following agencies: The Substance Abuse
and Mental Health Services Administration, Center for Mental Health
Services; Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, National Center for
Injury Prevention and Control; The National Institutes of Health, National
Institute of Mental Health; the Health Resources and Services
Administration, Maternal and Child Health Bureau; the Indian Health
Service and the Public Health Service Regional Health Administrators.
Public and private sector contributors are listed individually below.
Office of the Secretary
VADM David Satcher, M.D., Ph.D., Surgeon General, Office of Public
Health and Science, Washington, DC
RADM Arthur Lawrence, Ph.D., R.Ph., Assistant Surgeon General, USPHS,
Deputy Assistant Secretary for Health (Operations), Office of Public
Health and Science, Washington, DC
RADM Kenneth Moritsugu, M.D., M.P.H., Deputy Surgeon General,
USPHS, Office of the Surgeon General, Washington, DC
Nicole Lurie, M.D., M.S.P.H., (Former) Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary
for Health, Office of Public Health and Science, Office of the Secretary,
Washington, DC
Beverly Malone, Ph.D., R.N., F.A.A.N., (Former) Deputy Assistant Secretary
for Health, Office of Public Health and Science
Damon Thompson, Director of Communications, Office of Public Health
and Science, Office of the Assistant Secretary for Health, Washington, DC
Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration
Joseph H. Autry III, M.D., Acting Administrator, Substance Abuse and
Mental Health Services Administration, Rockville, Maryland
Bernard S. Arons, M.D., Director, Center for Mental Health Services,
Rockville, Maryland
RADM Brian Flynn, Ed.D., Assistant Surgeon General, Director, Division of
Program Development, Special Populations and Projects, Center for
Mental Health Services, Rockville, Maryland
CAPT Norma J. Hatot, Senior Nurse Consultant, Center for Mental Health
Services, Rockville, Maryland
Charlotte Gordon, Center for Mental Health Services, Rockville, Maryland
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Jeffrey P. Koplan, M.D., M.P.H., Director, Centers for Disease Control and
Prevention, Atlanta, Georgia
Rodney Hammond, Ph.D., Director, Division of Violence Prevention,
National Center for Injury Prevention and Control, Atlanta, Georgia
National Institutes of Health
Ruth L. Kirschstein, M.D., Acting Director, National Institutes of Health,
Bethesda, Maryland.
Steven E. Hyman, M.D., Director, National Institute of Mental Health,
Bethesda, Maryland.
Richard Nakamura, Ph.D., Deputy Director, National Institutes of Mental
Health, Bethesda, Maryland
Health Resources and Services Administration
Claude Earl Fox, M.D., M.P.H., (Former) Administrator, Health Resources
and Services Administration, Rockville, Maryland
Indian Health Service
Michael H. Trujillo, M.D., Ph.D., Assistant Surgeon General, Director,
Indian Health Service, Rockville, Maryland
National Strategy for Suicide Prevention Federal Steering Group
CDR Alex E. Crosby, M.D., M.P.H., (Contributing Writer) Medical
Epidemiologist, Division of Violence Prevention, National Center for
Injury Prevention and Control, Centers for Disease Control and
Prevention, Atlanta, Georgia
CDR Robert E. DeMartino, M.D., (Managing Editor and Science Writer)
Program in Trauma and Terrorism, Center for Mental Health Services,
Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration, Rockville,
Maryland.
Marlene EchoHawk, Ph.D., (Science Reviewer) Health Science
Administrator, Alcoholism and Substance Abuse Program, Indian Health
Service, Rockville, Maryland.
Col David A. Litts, O.D., (Assistant Managing Editor and Contributing
Writer), United States Air Force, Special Advisor, Office of the Surgeon
General, Office of the Secretary, Washington, DC
CAPT Richard Lyons, M.D., (Science Reviewer) MS, Regional Health
Administrator, Public Health Service, Region X, Seattle, Washington.
Jane Pearson, Ph.D., (Contributing Writer) Chair, NIMH Suicide Research
Consortium, National Institute of Mental Health, Rockville, Maryland.
Margaret West, M.S.W., Ph.D., (Science Reviewer) Regional Program
Consultant, Region X, Maternal and Child Health Bureau, Health
Resources and Services Administration, Seattle, Washington.
Editors
Morton M. Silverman, M.D., Senior Scientific Editor and Writer, Associate
Professor of Psychiatry, University of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois
Martin J. Frankel, Copy Editor, Columbia, Maryland
A. Cate Miller, Copy Editor, Washington, D.C.
Contributing Writers and Special Consultants
Lucy Davidson, M.D., Ed.S., Associate Director of Science, Center for Child
Well-being, Atlanta, Georgia
Jean L. Athey, Ph.D., President, Health Policy Resources Group,
Brookeville, Maryland
Contributing Writer
Jason Luoma, M.A., Graduate Student, The Catholic University of
America, Washington, DC
Leadership Consultants
Alan Berman, Ph.D., Executive Director, American Association of
Suicidology, Washington DC
Mary Chung, B.S., CEO/President, National Asian Women's Health
Organization, San Francisco, California
Bob Glover, Ph.D., Executive Director, National Association of State
Mental Health Program Directors, Alexandria, Virginia
Veronica Vaccaro Goff, M.S., Vice President, Washington Business Group
on Health, Washington, DC
Madelyn Gould, Ph.D., M.P.H., Professor, Psychiatry and Public Health
(Epidemiology), Columbia University, New York Psychiatric Institute, New
York, New York
Michael F. Hogan, Ph.D., Director, Ohio Department of Mental Health,
Upper Arlington, Ohio
Thomas E. Lengyel, Ph.D., Director of Research & Evaluation Services,
Alliance for Children & Families, Milwaukee, Wisconsin
Ian A. Shaffer, M.D., M.M.M., Chief Operating Officer, University Alliance
for Behavioral Care, Inc., Reston, Virginia
Margaret Beale Spencer, Ph.D., Professor, Department of Psychology,
University of Pennsylvania, Graduate School of Education, Philadelphia,
Pennsylvania
Jerry Weyrauch, M.B.A., Founder, Suicide Prevention Advocacy Network
(SPAN USA), Marietta, Georgia
Harvey Whiteford, M.D., University of Queensland, Twoowong, Brisbane,
Australia
Glorisa Canino, Ph.D., Director, Behavioral Sciences Research Institute,
University of Puerto Rico, Medical Sciences Campus, San Juan, Puerto
Rico
Felton Earls, M.D., Project on Human Development in Chicago
Neighborhoods, Harvard University, Cambridge, Massachusetts
Spero M. Manson, Ph.D., Director, Division of American Indian and Alaska
Native Programs, University of Colorado Health Sciences Center, Denver,
Colorado
John Gates, Ph.D. (Facilitator), Director of Programs, Collaborative Center
for Child Well-Being, Decatur, Georgia
Participants in Developing the Report
Administration on Aging
American Psychiatric Nurses Association, Washington, DC
Karen Abrams, Guidance Counselor, American School Counselors
Association, Concord, New Hampshire
Maria T. Baldi, Public Health Advisor, Center for Mental Health Services,
Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration, Rockville,
Maryland
Nancy Bateman, LCSW-C, CAC, Senior Staff Associate, National
Association of Social Workers, Washington, DC
David Cordts, Associate Director of Student Activities, National
Association of Secondary School Principals, Reston, Virginia
Patricia Dunn, J.D., M.S.W., Director of Public Policy, Gay and Lesbian
Medical Association, San Francisco, California
Arthur Elster, M.D., Director, Medicine and Public Health, American
Medical Association, Chicago, Illinois
Stuart C. Hales, Director of Communications, Employee Assistance
Professionals Association, Arlington, Virginia
Lindsay M. Hayes, Assistant Director, National Center on Institutions and
Alternatives, Mansfield, Maine
Kathy Hogan-Bruen, Director of Prevention, National Mental Health
Association, Alexandria, Virginia
Douglas Jacobs, M.D., Harvard University Medical School, Cambridge,
Massachusetts
Kay Redfield Jamison, Ph.D., Professor of Psychiatry, The Johns Hopkins
University, Baltimore, Maryland
Larry Lehmann, M.D., Chief Consultant for Mental Health, Department of
Veterans Affairs, Washington, DC
Robert J. McNellis, M.P.H., PA-C, Director Clinical Affairs and Education,
American Academy of Physician Assistants, Alexandria, Virginia
William Modzeleski, Director, Safe and Drug-Free Schools Program,
Department of Education, Washington, DC
Denis Nissim-Sabat, Ph.D., Senior Policy Analyst, American Psychological
Association, Washington, DC
Judy Robinson, Ph.D. R.N., Executive Director, National Association of
School Nurses, Castle Rock, Colorado
Holly Schumann, M.S.W., Presidential Management Intern,
Administration on Aging, Office of the Secretary, Department of Health
and Human Services, Washington, DC
Catherine Sutter, J.D., L.L.M., Senior Policy Analyst, Occupational Safety
and Health Administration, Department of Labor, Washington, DC
Vicki Verdeyen, Ph.D., Psychology Administrator, Federal Bureau of
Prisons, Department of Justice, Washington, DC
Members of the National Council for Suicide Prevention
American Association for Suicidology, Washington, DC (www.suicidology.org)
American Foundation For Suicide Prevention, New York, New York
(www.afsp.org)
Jason Foundation, (www.jasonfoundation.com)
Kristin Brooks Hope Center and the National Hopeline Network (1-800-
SUICIDE), Purcellville, Virginia (www.hopeline.com or www.livewithdepression.org)
The Link's National Resource Center for Suicide Prevention, Atlanta,
Georgia (www.thelink.org)
Million Mom March, San Francisco, California (www.millionmommarch.org)
National Organization of People for Color Against Suicide, San Marcos,
Texas
Organization of Attempters and Survivors of Suicide in Interfaith Service
(OASSIS), Washington, DC (www.oassis.org)
The Samaritans, Albany, New York
Suicide Awareness\Voices of Education, Minneapolis, Minnesota
(www.save.org)
Suicide Prevention Advocacy Network, Marietta, Georgia
(www.spanusa.org)
Yellow Ribbon Suicide Prevention Campaign, Westminster, Colorado
(www.yellowribbon.org)
Other Participants
American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, Washington, DC
American College of Emergency Physicians, Dallas, Texas
Ross J. Baldessarini, M.D., Professor of Psychiatry (Neuroscience), Harvard
Medical School, Cambridge, Massachusetts
Virginia Trotter Betts, M.S.N., J.D., R.N. F.A.A.N.
Frederick K. Goodwin, M.D.
Lloyd Potter, Ph.D., Program Manager, Educational Development Center,
Newton, Massachusetts
E. Cameron Ritchie, M.D., Program Director, Mental Health Policy and
Women's Issues, Office of the Assistant Secretary of Defense (Health
Affairs), Washington DC
Contractor Support
Educational Services, Inc., Washington, DC
Special Thanks to:
Those who participated in the four public hearings on the Goals and
Objectives
Those who provided comments through the Surgeon General's Web Site
The Air Force Medical Service
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