Kansas Suicide Prevention Resources

ANSWER

The ANSWER (Adolescents Never Suicide When Everyone Responds) Network is a coalition, which includes law enforcement officers, mental health professionals, educators, the faith community, parents and youth, to address the serious problem of teen suicide. During the spring of 2000, ANSWER Network partnered with the Mental Health Association of the Heartland, which was providing Teen Suicide Prevention programming to schools in the Kansas City metropolitan area, to work jointly on this issue. The goal is to educate everyone about the risks of teenage suicide and to provide resources for help in an effort to reach our mission of eliminating teen suicide.

ANSWER
Mental Health Association of the Heartland
739 Minnesota Avenue
Kansas City, KS 66101
phone: 913/281-2221 ext. 130

 

Kansas Department of Health and Environment Center for Health and Environment Statistics

NAMI - Kansas

NAMI Kansas is a state affiliate of the National Alliance on Mental Illness. They provide support, advocacy, and education dedicated to improving the lives of families and individuals affected by brain disorders that manifest as mental illness. They are committed to collaborating with colleagues in the mental health system to ensure the development and implementation of appropriate public policy and equitable distribution of public funds. They support and encourage medical research relating to brain disorders and participate in community research programs.

NAMI - Kansas
112 SW 6th, Suite 505
P. O. Box 675
Topeka, KS 66601
phone: 785/233-0755
toll-free phone: (800)539-2660

 

Self Help Network of Kansas

The Self-Help Network of Kansas is a statewide clearinghouse for self-help groups. The Network's mission is to promote awareness and use, enhance the effectiveness, and improve understanding of the nature of all Kansas self-help groups.

The Self Help Network
Wichita State University
1845 Fairmount
Wichita, KS 67260-0034
toll-free phone for Kansas: 800/445-0116
phone: 316/978-3843
email: selfhelp@wichita.ed

 

Suicide Prevention Subcommittee of Governor’s Mental Health Services Planning Council - the official suicide prevention committee for the state

Mission: Kansans of diverse backgrounds improving the emotional well-being and safety of Kansans through state-wide sharing of information about suicide attempts and deaths in Kansas and about effective suicide prevention practices

Vision: Creating a suicide-free Kansas, where quality mental health services are available, trusted, and used when needed, without stigma

(Wichita) Sedgwick County Suicide Prevention Task Force

Survivors of Suicide Support Groups

See listings in Surviving Suicide Loss area of the website of the American Foundation for Suicide Prevention