Action Alliance in the News

Voices of Suicide Survivors: Webinar Explores Prevention Techniques

By James Swift, Youth Today (September 17, 2012)

Coinciding with National Suicide Prevention Week, the National Council for Community Behavioral Healthcare (NCCBH) held a Webinar on Wednesday titled Suicide Primer: Signs, Symptoms and Risk Factors featuring Survivor Stories.

Stopping the Surge of Military Suicides: How to Win This Preventable War

By Susan Blumenthal, Huffington Post, The Blog (September 14, 2012)

George Washington once said that "the willingness with which our young people are likely to serve in any war, no matter how justified, shall be directly proportional to how they perceive the Veterans of earlier wars were treated and appreciated by the nation."

Helping LGBT youth, others learn to cope

Visalia Times-Delta (April 27, 2012)

Dr. Caitllin Ryan is a clinical social worker who has worked on lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender health and mental health issues since the 1970s. She is a founder and past president of the National Lesbian and Gay Health Foundation and a founder of the National Association of People With AIDS.

LGBT issues taught to teachers at OU conference

By Kate Opalewski, Between the Lines (February 9, 2012)

Nearly 150 people gathered on Feb. 3 for the first ever Michigan SOGI Education Conference: Sexual Orientation and Gender Identity Issues in Education at Oakland University in Rochester.

Facebook Provides First-of-a-Kind Service To Help Prevent Suicides

Children's Mental Health Network (December 14, 2011)

In partnership with the National Action Alliance for Suicide Prevention and SAMHSA, Facebook is announcing a new service that harnesses the power of social networking and crisis support to help prevent suicides across the Nation and Canada.