Population Resources

This section of the South Dakota Suicide Prevention website focuses on college students and their risk of suicide, as suicide is the second-leading cause of death in college age students. It provides a list of resources for college students on their college campuses.

The Suicide Prevention Resource Center works to combat suicide in college students by providing them with resources and educating colleges on how to approach suicide prevention and access to mental health resources.

ULifeline is an online resource for college students on how to learn how to identify a mental health crisis, what your campus has to offer for mental health resources, and how to help a friend with their mental health.

This website provides colleges and universities guides and protocols surrounding mental health. This includes suicide prevention, cultural responsiveness, veteran resources, crisis protocol, and postvention protocol.

This is a resource for higher education with regard to response to a suicide on college campuses. Their goal is for college campuses to be better prepared to manage the death of a student by suicide.

This website page defines what 2S “two-spirit” means and addresses the misconceptions. Two-spirit is a third gender identity that has been a part of Native American cultures since the early 1900s.

This document provides guidance on how to have difficult conversations surrounding the LGBTQ2S+ community and other intersectional conversations. It also directs people to the Trevor Project, which is a leading national organization that provides crisis intervention and suicide prevention services to LGBTQIA2S+ people.

The Trevor Project’s “Coming Out Handbook” provides guidance on how to explore your identity, as well as guidance on how to come out and maintain healthy relationships.

This section of the South Dakota Suicide Prevention website focuses on the LGBTQIA2S+ community and their increased risk of suicide, especially in times of high stress such as “coming out.” It offers national and state resources for support services and crisis interventions.

This section of the National Suicide Prevention Lifeline website provides information for an individual or family members to help loved ones who are in the LGBTQIA2S+ community and are struggling with their mental health.

The Model School District Policy on Suicide Prevention, created by the American Foundation for Suicide Prevention (AFSP), provides a thorough plan for school districts to implement suicide prevention policies in their community.

This resource focuses on the mental health resources and struggles of youth and young adults and how to help yourself and others around you.

The Veterans Crisis Hotline provides a hotline via calling, online communication, or texting for veterans. It also provides information on what to expect when contacting the hotline and how to identify if someone is in crisis.

This section of the National Suicide Prevention Lifeline website provides information and resources for veterans in crisis and who are struggling with their mental health.

This resource provides important points on how to take care of yourself and family members following a suicide attempt, as well as provides resources on how to move forward.

This is a resource for both loved one’s of a person who had survived a suicide attempt and an individual who has survived a suicide attempt. It provides guidance on how to move forward following an attempt and how to have conversations regarding the topic.

This resource is for individuals who have lost someone close to them from suicide and provides them with information on how to cope with that loss.

This PDF provides information regarding how individuals react to anniversaries of traumatic events and what the individual and their loved ones can expect during that time.

This report provides information about suicide within American Indian and Native Alaskan communities and what recommendations and resources that can be utilized to improve mental health services in those populations.

This resource from SAMHSA provides information for disaster responders and how to approach a disaster response in the Native American community, especially taking into consideration the cultural values and customs of the specific tribe.