Online resources are listed by category on issues that immigrants might want to know about including:
Suicide
The National Suicide Prevention Lifeline
www.suicidepreventionlifeline.org
Call 1-800-SUICIDE & 1-800-273-TALK
In the US callers are assisted through the National Suicide Prevention Lifeline's network of over 120 crisis centers across the nation. Confidential assistance is provided to anyone who calls. For more information about how 800-SUICIDE callers are being efficiently assisted through this network, read our FAQs regarding 1-800-SUICIDE. Lifeline has also introduced a profile on MySpace.
Samaritans
www.samaritans.org
Samaritans provides confidential non-judgmental emotional support, 24 hours a day for people who are experiencing feelings of distress or despair, including those which could lead to suicide.
1850 60 90 90 (24 hours) in Ireland
TeenLine
www.teenline.ie
1-800-833-634 (Wed 3pm-6pm; Thurs, Fri, Sat 9pm-12midnight) in Ireland
The Irish Association of Suicidology
www.ias.ie
The Irish Association of Suicidology is a forum for all individuals and voluntary groups involved in any aspect of suicidology for the exchange of knowledge gained from differing perspectives and experiences.
Aware
www.aware.ie
Aware has a national office located in Dublin with regional offices throughout the country. It is a voluntary organization formed by a group of interested patients, relatives and mental health professionals, whose aims are to assist that section of the population whose lives are directly affected by depression.
The American Foundation for Suicide Prevention (AFSP)
www.afsp.org
Toll-free: 1-888-333-AFSP
Phone: (212) 363-3500
The American Foundation for Suicide Prevention (AFSP) is the leading not-for-profit organization exclusively dedicated to understanding and preventing suicide through research and education, and to reaching out to people with mood disorders and those impacted by suicide.
To fully achieve its mission, AFSP engages in the following Six Core Strategies:
› Funds scientific research
› Offers educational programs for professionals
› Educates the public about mood disorders and suicide prevention
› Promotes policies and legislation that impact suicide and prevention
› Provides programs and resources for survivors of suicide loss and involves them in the work of the Foundation
› Provides programs and resources for people with mood disorders and their families, and involves them in the work of the Foundation
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