MILITARY LIFE

Links

Helping Agencies and Resources:

Program Need

Specific Resources

Awareness Education

Life Skills Training

Leadership Training

  • Senior program briefs
  • Suicide prevention training in leadership and formal schools

Counseling / Treatment Services

Protecting The Survivors Of Suicide Within Commands & Families (Postvention)

Hotlines

The National Crisis Helpline
1-800-SUICIDE
(1-800-784-2433)

MCCS One Source
From the U.S. 800-869-0278
From outside the United States (where available): 800-869-0278
En Español: 888-732-9020
TTY/TDD: 800-346-9188

Behavioral Health Crisis Line

(866) 284-3743

 

Not knowing where to turn is a problem for many who contemplate suicide, or for those who are trying to help. There are resources available in both the Marine Corps and civilian communities.

Getting Help

MCCS One Source
http://www.usmc-mccs.org/onesource/index.cfm

TriCare Mental Health

http://www.tricare.mil/mybenefit/ProfileFilter.do

Navy Environmental Health Center-Minding Your Mental Health

http://www-nehc.med.navy.mil/HP/MMH/index.htm

Military Suicide Prevention

Army Mental Health Services Suicide Prevention
http://www.hood-meddac.army.mil/default.asp?page=crc_suicide&vi=n&mnu=0

Air Force Suicide Prevention Program
https://www.afms.mil/afspp

Coast Guard Suicide Prevention Program
http://www.uscg.mil/d13/units/gruastoria/pow%20files/suicide_awarness.htm

Navy Suicide Prevention Program
http://www.npc.navy.mil/CommandSupport/SuicidePrevention

National Agencies

American Association of Suicidology
1-202-237-2280

http://www.suicidology.org/

American Foundation for Suicide Prevention
1-888-333-2377

http://www.afsp.org/

Centers for Disease Control (CDC)
http://www.cdc.gov/ncipc/factsheets/suifacts.htm

Department of Health and Human Services
http://www.mentalhealth.org/suicideprevention/

National Institutes of Health (NIH)
http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/suicide.html

National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH)
http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/suicide.html

National Mental Health Association
www.nmha.org

National Mental Health Information Center
www.mentalhealth.org