American Foundation for Suicide Prevention (AFSP)

AFSP is a voluntary health organization with educational resources about mental health and suicide prevention, advocacy efforts for public policies in mental health and suicide prevention and supporting survivors of suicide loss and those affected by suicide.

More information can be found here.

APhA Education Programs

These APhA member only online CPE activities focus on crisis intervention and how to manage stress and burnout.

Crisis Intervention: A Pharmacist’s Story

This course features a mental health psychiatric clinical pharmacy specialist, who shares real-life experiences and discusses strategies for keeping patients safe, should you need to intervene in a crisis situation.
Expiration date: October 4, 2026

For Your Health: Managing Chronic Stress to Prevent Burnout

This course will illustrate the differences between, and causes of, chronic stress and burnout and to provide actionable, evidence-based recommendations for mitigating the effects of chronic stress.
Expiration date: September 1, 2026

CDC Suicide Prevention Resources

The CDC has a wealth of resources and information including a social media toolkit, which includes sample social media graphics and messages, suicide data and statistics for presentations, and suicide prevention tools for public health professionals.

• View the CDC Social Media Resources here.

• View CDC Suicide Data and Statistics here.

• View the CDC Suicide Prevention Tools for Public Health Professionals here.

• View the 2024 National Strategy for Suicide Prevention here.

Mental Health First Aid

APhA has partnered with the National Council for Mental Wellbeing to offer a 4-hour, online training program designed to enhance your professional skills and enable you to make a meaningful difference in the lives of your patients. Click the applicable link below to learn more and register.

Learn about Mental Health First Aid from the National Council for Mental Wellbeing here.

Register for APhA’s Mental Health First Aid Course:

• Member Registration
• Nonmember Registration

National Alliance on Mental Illness (NAMI)

NAMI has crisis resources for individuals experiencing mental health crises, as well as social media images and graphics for Suicide Prevention Awareness Month.

Learn more here.

National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH)

NIMH has a variety of free brochures and shareable resources for suicide prevention, including frequently asked questions, warning signs, and action steps for helping someone in pain.

Learn about NIMH here.

Psychology Today – Find a Therapist

Psychology Today has a free tool to search for a verified therapist near you. It allows you to filter by insurance, gender, types of therapy, and more.

Find a therapist here.

QPR Training

QPR stands for Question, Persuade, and Refer — the 3 simple steps anyone can learn to help save a life from suicide. People trained in QPR learn how to recognize the warning signs of a suicide crisis and how to ask questions and persuade and refer someone to seek help.

Learn more about QPR here.