Resources & Links

While we endeavourer to ensure that this information is current and accurate, we are not responsible for any of the resources listed. Each agency has their own policies for confidentiality, etc.

• Suicide and Crisis Services (SACS) (408) 279-3312 (24 hours)

• 1-800-SUICIDE nationwide (24 hours)

• YWCA Rape Crisis (408) 287-3000 (24 hours)

• Bill Wilson Center (408) 243-0222

• Centre for Living w/ Dying (408) 980-9801

• Billy de Frank Gay & Lesbian Center (408) 293-2419

• American Association of Suicidology

• Next Door: Solutions to Domestic Violence (408) 279-2962 (24 hours)

• Support Network for Battered Women (650) 940-7850

• Eastfield Ming Quong (EMQ) (408) 379-9085

Books

The following books are suggested reading for information on suicide, support guides for survivors of suicide and academic guides for suicide and crisis intervention.

Survivors of Suicide

• My Son… My Son… A Guide to Healing After Death, Loss or Suicide Iris Bolton

• No Time to Say Goodbye, Surviving the Suicide of a Loved One, Carla Fine

• Healing After the Suicide of a Loved One, Ann Smolin and John Guinan

• Survivors of Suicide, Rita Robinson

General Information

• Suicide: The Forever Decision, Paul Quinnett

• Night Falls Fast: Understanding Suicide, Kay Redfield Jamison

Teen Suicide

• Preventing Youth Suicide Marcia McEvoy and Alan McEvoy

• No One Saw My Pain: Why Teens Kill Themselves, Andrew Slaby and Lili Frank Garkinkel

• Why Suicide?, Eric Marcus

Santa Clara County Resources

• Directory of Human Services for Santa Clara County Published by the United Way of Silicon Valley, (408) 247-1200 www.uwsv.org

Suicide and Crisis Intervention Academic Training Materials

• Crisis Intervention: Theory and Methodology, Donna Aguilera

• Assessment and Predicaton of Suicide, Edited by Ronald W. Maris, Alan L. Berman, John T. Maltsberger, and Robert I. Yufit

• People in Crisis: Understanding and Helping, Lee Ann Hoff

The Suicide and Crisis Foundation of Santa Clara County is an education
and resource organization. We do not provide direct services or counseling.
IF YOU ARE IN CRISIS AND NEED IMMEDIATE HELP, please call 1-800-SUICIDE. (1-800-784-2433)