Visit MyHealth.Alberta.ca, your trusted source of health information, to read about the warning signs of suicide, what might increase someone’s risk of suicide, and how to recognize suicidal thoughts or threats. You’ll also learn about helping someone who has thoughts of suicide, finding help for yourself, and how to support your mental health and well-being.

These resources can help you if you have thoughts of suicide, if you are trying to help a friend or family member, or if you are grieving after a suicide death.

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North Zone

• Suicide Prevention Resource Centre (Grande Prairie)
• Some Other Solutions (Fort McMurray)

Edmonton Zone

• 11ofus.ca
• Distress Line, Canadian Mental Health Association
• Living Hope: A Community Plan to Prevent Suicide in Edmonton
  • Edmonton Suicide Trends Report

Calgary Zone

• Distress Centre Calgary

Central Zone

• Camrose Open Door
• Outreach Centre (Red Deer)
• Regional Suicide Prevention Council: East Central Alberta

South Zone

• Lethbridge Family Services

Provincial

• 211 Alberta
• Building Strength, Inspiring Hope: A Provincial Action Plan for Youth Suicide Prevention
• Centre for Suicide Prevention
  • Together to Live
• Honouring Life: Indigenous Youth Suicide Prevention Program

Further Information

• Canadian Association for Suicide Prevention (version française)
• Canadian Mental Health Association
• Mental Health Commission of Canada

• Applied Suicide Intervention Skills Training (ASIST), Centre for Suicide Prevention
• Community Helpers Program, AHS
• LivingWorks Start
• Our Children are Sacred, Ben Calf Robe Society
• QPR (Question. Persuade. Refer.) Institute
• SafeTalk, Centre for Suicide Prevention

• Suicide Intervention Training, Lethbridge Family Services
• Suicide Prevention - Mental Health Training Framework
• Suicide to Hope, Centre for Suicide Prevention
• Tough Enough to Talk About It, Suicide Prevention Resource Centre
• Trauma Informed Care (TIC), AHS