Each year, 1,100 college students die by suicide, more than die from any other cause except accidents. Almost all suffered from depression or another serious but treatable mental disorder. But an estimated 85 percent hadn’t sought any type of treatment because they were mistrustful of involving a stranger in their problems, feared the judgment of friends, didn’t know where to go or were just too overwhelmed to seek help. To stop this tragic loss of young lives, AFSP developed the Interactive Screening Program, a web-based system that connects at-risk students to a campus counselor and facilitates anonymous online exchanges to resolve barriers to treatment.
If you, or someone you know, is in suicidal crisis or emotional distress please call 1-800-273-TALK (8255).
ISP has been recognized as a Best Practice for Suicide Prevention based on published evidence of its effectiveness in encouraging at-risk students into treatment. Our Big Idea is to ensure that college students get the help they need by making this secure, anonymous and effective program available to schools in every state
Vote Now and Help AFSP Win $1 Million
Thanks to the thousands of people concerned about suicide prevention, AFSP placed in the Top 100 -- out of 500,000 charities -- competing in the Chase Community Giving Campaign. As a Top 100 winner, AFSP will receive $25,000. The Chase Community Giving Campaign is a ground-breaking funding strategy that allows Facebook users to vote on which charities Chase will support in 2010.
The Top 100 charities are now competing for the $1 million grand prize.
The one million dollars would enable AFSP to expand our innovative, highly successful program to identify college students at risk for suicide -- and make it available to colleges in every state in the country. Learn more. Voting is now open and ends Friday, January 22.
All you need is a Facebook profile. If you’re already on Facebook you can vote for AFSP here.
If you’re not on Facebook, don’t worry, signing up is easy and will take just a minute or two. Simply go to www.facebook.com and look for the green "SIGN UP" button. You’ll enter some basic information, and when Facebook sends you an email confirmation, your profile will be set up and ready to vote for AFSP. (You’ll be asked if you want to add friends or photos, but this is optional; and if you don’t want to be on Facebook after the challenge is over, no problem, you can easily delete your profile.)
Suicide is the second leading cause of death among college students -- help us make a real difference in the lives of these young adults.
NOW IS THE TIME TO END THE STIGMA SURROUNDING SUICIDE. PASS THIS MESSAGE ON TO EVERYONE YOU KNOW -- FRIENDS, FAMILY, CO-WORKERS, CLASSMATES.
THANK YOU FOR HELPING TO MAKE SUICIDE PREVENTION A NATIONAL PRIORITY.
Thanks to the thousands of people concerned about suicide prevention, AFSP placed in the Top 100 -- out of 500,000 charities -- competing in the Chase Community Giving Campaign. As a Top 100 winner, AFSP will receive $25,000. The Chase Community Giving Campaign is a ground-breaking funding strategy that allows Facebook users to vote on which charities Chase will support in 2010.
The Top 100 charities are now competing for the $1 million grand prize.
The one million dollars would enable AFSP to expand our innovative, highly successful program to identify college students at risk for suicide -- and make it available to colleges in every state in the country. Learn more. Voting is now open and ends Friday, January 22.
All you need is a Facebook profile. If you’re already on Facebook you can vote for AFSP here.
If you’re not on Facebook, don’t worry, signing up is easy and will take just a minute or two. Simply go to www.facebook.com and look for the green "SIGN UP" button. You’ll enter some basic information, and when Facebook sends you an email confirmation, your profile will be set up and ready to vote for AFSP. (You’ll be asked if you want to add friends or photos, but this is optional; and if you don’t want to be on Facebook after the challenge is over, no problem, you can easily delete your profile.)
Suicide is the second leading cause of death among college students -- help us make a real difference in the lives of these young adults.
NOW IS THE TIME TO END THE STIGMA SURROUNDING SUICIDE. PASS THIS MESSAGE ON TO EVERYONE YOU KNOW -- FRIENDS, FAMILY, CO-WORKERS, CLASSMATES.
THANK YOU FOR HELPING TO MAKE SUICIDE PREVENTION A NATIONAL PRIORITY.
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