The Nevada Office of Suicide Prevention’s Reduce Access to Lethal Means Program understands keeping firearms and medications locked up reduces the possibility of a death by suicide. To address this, OSP is working with community agencies to provide safes and locks for firearms to families whose members who may be in crisis and at risk for suicide.
The mission of the Nevada Office of Suicide Prevention is to reduce the rates of suicide and suicidal acts in Nevada through statewide collaborative efforts to develop, implement and evaluate a state strategy which advances the goals and objectives of the National Strategy for Suicide Prevention.
Suicide Prevention Network (SPN) is a non-profit agency located in Douglas County, Nevada dedicated to understanding and preventing suicide and to providing the resources for you to receive help and support in a confidential environment, free of charge.
This fact sheet outlines emotional, professional, and organizational postvention strategies to help reduce the risk of disenfranchised grief (i.e., grief that is not socially validated) and professional impairment among providers who have lost a client to suicide. It also includes a list of resources.
This video series features providers sharing their personal and professional experiences of losing a client to suicide. These professionals emphasize the importance of practicing self-compassion, seeking support, and honoring the client’s life.
The 2024 National Strategy for Suicide Prevention is a bold new 10-year, comprehensive, whole-of-society approach to suicide prevention that provides concrete recommendations for addressing gaps in the suicide prevention field. This coordinated and comprehensive approach to suicide prevention at the national, state, tribal, local, and territorial levels relies upon critical partnerships across the public and private sectors. People with lived experience are critical to the success of this work.