Office of Injury Surveillance and Prevention, State of NJ

          Adolescent Suicide in New Jersey

http://www.state.nj.us/health/chs/oisp/documents/ad_suicide07.pdf

           New Jersey Suicide Facts, (2003-2004)

http://www.state.nj.us/health/chs/oisp/documents/suicide.pdf

          Suicide and Firearm Ownership, NJ (2003-2005)

http://www.state.nj.us/health/chs/monthlyfactsheets/firearm_suicide_brief.pdf

 

Suicide Prevention Resource Center

          New Jersey Suicide Prevention Fact Sheet,

http://www.sprc.org/stateinformation/PDF/statedatasheets/nj_datasheet.pdf

National Institute of Mental Health

          Depression in Children and Adolescents

http://www.nimh.nih.gov/health/topics/depression/depression-in-children-and-adolescents.shtml

NJ Legislation Relating To Suicide Prevention Education

This act concerns instruction in suicide prevention for public school pupils and teaching staff members and supplementing chapter 6 of Title 18A of the New Jersey Statutes. It requires State Boards of Education to include two (2) hours of instruction in suicide prevention as part of professional development for public school teaching staff and to revise the Core Curriculum Standards in Comprehensive Health & Physical Education to include suicide prevention instruction in an appropriate place in the curriculum of elementary school, middle school and high school pupils

 To view the bill, please follow the link below. Then, select ‘Bills 2004-2005’, and search for A3931.

 http://www.njleg.state.nj.us/bills/bills0001.asp