October 2, 2026

How to Get Started in Community Suicide Prevention

As Suicide Prevention Month comes to a close, learn how community partners can work together to keep suicide prevention efforts going strong all year long.

Whether you’re just getting started or strengthening an existing effort, we have resources that can help you prevent suicide in your community, including new guides for schools and coalitions, as well as a webinar on upstream prevention.

Working together, we can all help build healthier, more connected communities.

New Youth Risk Behavior Survey Data

CDC has released new data from the Youth Risk Behavior Survey. The findings offer a snapshot of the health and well-being of U.S. high school students in 2025 and changes in the past 2 and 10 years. Explore the findings on mental health and suicide and download the full report.

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The Suicide Prevention Resource Center at the University of Oklahoma is supported by a grant from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA), Center for Mental Health Services (CMHS), under Grant No. 1H79SM090640. The views, opinions, and content expressed in this product do not necessarily reflect the views, opinions, or policies of CMHS, SAMHSA, or HHS.