Blog Overview

National Center for the Prevention of Youth Suicide Aims to ...

Press Contact: Chris Maxwell Washington, D.C. (September 5, 2019): Today, on the eve of National Suicide Prevention Week and World Suicide Prevention Day (September 10, 2019), the American Association of Suicidology...

The S Word

My name is Lisa Klein and I am a documentary filmmaker. While working on our previous film, Of Two Minds, about people living with bipolar disorder, we learned that suicide is too often an option for people struggli...

American Association of Suicidology Announces #AAS365 Campai...

Press contact: Chris Maxwell, Communications Coordinator Washington, D.C. (August 23, 2019): Following last year’s incredibly popular #AAS365 campaign, The American Association of Suicidology (AAS) announced today...

American Association of Suicidology Urges Congress to Fund C...

American Association of Suicidology Urges Congress to Fund Crisis Services at Scale Contact: Chris Maxwell, Communications Coordinator Washington, D.C. (August 15, 2019) – The American Association of Suicidology (...

American Association of Suicidology Applauds Netflix & ...

“Some will say that Netflix’s actions are too little too late. I believe that it is never too late to do the right thing in suicide prevention."

53rd Annual Conference

We’re excited to welcome everyone to Portland, OR for our 53rd Annual Conference and the 32nd Healing After Suicide Loss Conference. More info at aasconference.org

Preventing Suicide with Future Economic Models

Beau, Chris, and special guest Bart Andrews, PhD, address what suicide might look like in the near (and distant) future under the prospect of different types of financial structures. Will suicide prevention even be ...

The Suicide Apocalypse

Join Beau and Chris this week on the Transcendent Podcast as they discuss what suicide prevention might look like both during and post-apocalypse. And don’t worry, we’re sparing you (mostly) from the nor...

How do we prevent suicide on an extra-planetary space colony...

This week Beau and Chris discuss what suicide prevention might look like on Mars, in a large space colony, or any of the steps in between. Who’s responsible for the safety of the passengers and colonists and a...