Suicide Prevention
For Immediate Concerns
The Army Suicide Prevention Office is not a crisis center and does not provide counseling services. If you are feeling distressed or hopeless, thinking about death or wanting to die, or, if you are concerned about someone who may be suicidal, please contact Military One Source at 1-800-342-9647.
Mission Improve readiness through the development and enhancement of the Army Suicide Prevention Program policies designed to minimize suicide behavior; thereby preserving mission effectiveness through individual readiness for Soldiers, their Families, and Department of the Army civilians.
What's New
- New - Department of Defense Media Roundtable Briefing: The Army's Suicide Prevention Efforts
- New - Army Releases October Suicide Data
- Saving Soldiers from suicide: Army seeks to stamp out stigma
- Maine Guardsman conquers mountain of stress
- Army Major General Shares Personal Story to Battle Suicide Stigma
- Suicide Prevention Program Compliance Checklist
- ALARACT 200/2009: EXORD 256-09 (Suicide Prevention Action Plan (SPAP)) (AKO Login) and related Annex (AKO Login)
- ALARACT 252/2009: Geographically-Dispersed Soldiers
- ALARACT 253/2009: (ACE / ASIST) Suicide Intervention Skills Training
- VCSA Sends- Suicide Prevention Observance
- National Suicide Prevention Week - Information and Media Kit from American Association of Suicidology
- VCSA says mental health more than stopping suicides
- Army Senior Leader Video PSA's for Suicide Prevention
- Web-Based Behavioral Health Initiative
- Army Reserve's Annex D to the Army Campaign Plan
- Army Suicide Synch Matrix V10
- VCSA Sends- Reduce Stigma and Counseling
- Suicide Prevention on Army Newswatch
- Suicide Prevention Month
- Suicide Awareness Pamphlet for Leaders
- DTG: 0905211919Z - Military Onesource Crisis Line / The Defense Center of Excellence (DCOE) Outreach Center
- Army Campaign for Health Promotion, Risk Reduction, and Suicide Prevention Related ALARACTS:
- VCSA SENDS: Commander and Leader Responsibilities - Helping our Soldiers and Enforcing Standards
- ALARACT 115/2009: Army Campaign Plan for Health Promotion, Risk Reduction and Suicide Prevention (ACPHP)
- Army Campaign Plan for Health Promotion, Risk Reduction and Suicide Prevention (ACPHP) - PDF 6,107 Kb
- "Shoulder to Shoulder: No Soldier Stands Alone", a Suicide Prevention video is available. (AKO Login)
- ALARACT 031/2009: HQDA EXORD 103-09 STAND DOWN AND CHAIN TEACH
- Army Suicide Prevention Stand Down and Chain Teach (AKO Login)
- New Suicide Prevention Training Scenarios documents in both PDF and PowerPoint formats.
Crisis Intervention Resources
- Emergency - 911
- Military OneSource Crisis Intervention Line - 1-800-342-9647
- The Defense Center of Excellence (DCoE) - 1-866-966-1020
- Suicide Prevention Lifeline - 1-800-273-TALK (8255)
- Army G-1, Army Well Being Liaison Office - 1-800-833-6622
- Wounded Soldier and Family Hotline - 1-800-984-8523