ABOUT SAMARITANS
Working together to prevent suicide and help save lives.
For over forty years, Samaritans has been at the forefront of suicide prevention in New York City.
We are a member of the world’s largest suicide prevention network, with over 400 centers across 40 countries.
Samaritans offers a suite of services including:
- Anonymous + Completely Confidential 24-hour Crisis Support
- Bereavement Services for those who have lost a loved one to suicide
- Suicide Prevention Education + Outreach Programs
- Suicide Prevention Advocacy
For more information about Samaritans and our programs and services go to: samaritansnyc.org
Samaritans' RESOURCES
Samaritans' Fact Sheets
Learn about the scope of the problem, the factors that contribute to suicide and what we can do to help prevent it!
Challenge your own bias and see how you respond to the prompts on this worksheet
The majority of people who attempt suicide do something or say something to let others know before they act. Learn the warning signs, risk + protective factors for suicide.
Learn about how to make a suicide method less deadly and/or less available during a suicidal crisis.
Samaritans' Support Tools
Check out Samaritans' user friendly Safety Plan template. This tool will help you develop a personalized, practical plan that outlines steps a person can take to stay safe during a suicidal crisis.
Over 60 pre-screened NYC-based programs and services—all with detailed descriptions, contact information and links to websites.
Discover Samaritans' Guide to Mental Health Mobile Apps featuring a selection of pre-screened apps designed to help you easily explore reliable apps and find something that works well for you!
This page is offers pre-screened resources for those impacted by suicide loss. These resources have been selected for their specific focus on the survivor experience.
Samaritans' Support Services (Printable Flyers)
general prevention
An online guide that helps people navigate through common questions when they are at the start of their journey to better behavioral health.
(Cornell Research Program on Self-Injury and Recovery)
Self-Injury Infographic
SAMHSA's findsupport.gov
An overview and basic understanding of depression, its symptoms and key methods of providing help from the National Instistute of Mental Health.
People trained in QPR learn how to recognize the warning signs of a suicide crisis and how to question, persuade, and refer someone to help.
Check out Samaritans' user friendly Safety Plan template. This tool will help you develop a personalized, practical plan that outlines steps a person can take to stay safe during a suicidal crisis.
Discover Samaritans' Guide to Mental Health Mobile Apps featuring a selection of pre-screened apps designed to help you easily explore reliable apps and find something that works well for you!
Over 60 pre-screened NYC-based programs and services—all with detailed descriptions, contact information and links to websites.
Interactive, self-care guide
Research + Statistics
Full report that highlights trends in the births and deaths that occur in New York City.
Offering important depictions of the state of public health in New York City prior to the COVID-19 pandemic.
After a Suicide
This page is offers pre-screened resources for those impacted by suicide loss. These resources have been selected for their specific focus on the survivor experience.
For Kids
for Kids
Downloadable activities for kids that are designed to help them communicate and understand their emotions in a fun and engaging way. This toolkit includes: Feelings forecast, mood thermometer, "cope-cakes" and more!
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Leading independent nonprofit in children’s mental health providing evidence-based care, educational resources, trainings for educators in underserved communities, and breakthrough treatments.
For Teens
Talking about mental health does not need to be uncomfortable, and it can make all the difference.
These resources provide tips about what to say throughout these tricky conversations so you can be a friend who really listens! Learn how to support a friend – or get help for yourself.
Worried about something about your health (including mental health), but too embarrassed to ask? Go Ask Alice!
This website provides an anonymous health question and answer internet resource from Columbia University.
This MTV campaign, in partnership with many mental health non-profits, aims to normalize conversation around mental health.
The Jed Foundation is a nonprofit that protects emotional health and prevents suicide for our nation’s teens and young adults
Why do teens self-harm?
How can I stop?
How can I help a friend?
For Parents + Caregivers
Use this Conversation Starter Pack to make sure you're fully equipped to have a healthy conversation with your kids about emotional wellbeing.
The Jed Foundation is a nonprofit that protects emotional health and prevents suicide for our nation’s teens and young adults
For Schools
Investing in LGBTQIA2S+ Student Mental Health in K-12 Schools With a Youth-Centered Approach
This guide assists schools in implementing a coordinated response to the suicide death of a student.
Effectively creating and maintaining safe and supportive school environments.
For Educators
For Mental Health Professionals
For the workplace
Free, expert and confidential guidance on job accommodations. It offers a range of resources on its website as well as one-on-one assistance to both employers and individuals with a range of disabilities, including mental health conditions.
This guide outlines 10 action steps for dealing with the aftermath of a suicide
For Veterans
For AANHPI
Compiled by Columbia University, this webpage contains a comprehensive listing of free resources curated for AAPI individuals and communities. These resources aim to increase access to both professional mental health and self-care resources for AAPI.
For people who identify as Asian American and Pacific Islander (AAPI) and are living with mental illness or any mental health challenge.
Empowering LGBTQ+ Asians and Pacific Islanders
A non-profit settlement house dedicated to improving the quality of life of its community with unique professional experience in working with Asian Americans
For communities of color
A BIPOC peer led hotline that provides a space for crisis support, peer counseling, anonymous reporting of mistreatment, witnessing and affirming the lived experiences for those most impacted by systematic oppression.
Racism recovery plan steps
The Steve Fund is the nation’s leading organization focused on supporting the mental health and emotional well-being of young people of color.
A toolkit developed by the Wilder Research Foundation in June 2021
Arab American Association of New York
Culturally-competent resources, programs, and education for the Black community.
BPDBST provides education and resources that instills hope in Black people suffering from mental health conditions. Their vision is to end suicide in the Black community.
Nonprofit that provides FREE mental health treatment-both individual and group therapy to Men of Color
For LGBTQIA+
Investing in LGBTQIA2S+ Student Mental Health in K-12 Schools With a Youth-Centered Approach
For Elderly
