Suicide
Suicide Crisis Lines
24/7 | Call or Text Toll-free
Dial 988 on your phone to be connected to a certified crisis center near you.
Call, Text, Chat on 24/7 toll-free # & myGCAL App
Culturally informed, sensitive support for Suicide
📌 South Asian Mental Health Initiative & Network (SAMHIN)
📌 MannMukti
📌 Asian Mental Health Therapists of GA (Online Directory)
📌 South Asian Therapists (Online Directory)
🔗 https://southasiantherapists.org
📌 DeQH (South Asian LGBTQIA+)
📞 908-367-3374
📌 Naseeha Mental Health
📞 1-866-627-3342
Suicide Prevention Workshops
QPR Gatekeeper Training
Just like CPR, QPR (Question, Persuade, Refer) is a simple, life-saving technique that anyone can learn to help understand the signs, reduce suicidal behaviors and ways to help someone in crisis.
Raksha is offering free QPR workshops by QPR certified Raksha staff!
If you are interested in learning how you can support someone at risk and/or want to bring an educational workshop to your community, reach out to learn more: outreach@raksha.org; 404-876-0670.
Opioid Use Disorder Help
📌 Pathways2Life
📞 470-448-3900
📌 Georgia Department of Public Health – Opioid Response
Information about the opioid epidemic and resources for prevention, including Naloxone access.
📌 Nichols Center
📞 404-736-2267
🌐 https://www.nicholscenter.org/
📌Georgia Council on Substance Abuse
substance use disorder prevention and recovery resources, including overdose prevention.
📌 Opioid Treatment Providers of Georgia
🌐 https://www.otpgeorgia.org/
📌 Georgia Overdose Prevention:
Education on overdose prevention and free Naloxone kits.
The Connection between Opioids, Suicide, & Mental Health
Sources & Articles for further reading
Understanding Addiction
Psychology Today: Understanding the Brain Disease Model of Addiction
🔗https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/substance-use-stigma-and-society/202005/understanding-the-brain-disease-model-addiction
NIDA. 2011, July 1. Drug Misuse and Addiction.
🔗https://nida.nih.gov/publications/drugs-brains-behavior-science-addiction/drug-misuse-addiction
NIDA. 2018, June 6. Understanding Drug Use and Addiction DrugFacts. 🔗https://nida.nih.gov/publications/drugfacts/understanding-drug-use-addiction
Substance Abuse of Legal Substances🔗https://www.substanceabuse.com/drug-addiction/legal-substances/
Addiction Center: Addiction And Suicide 🔗https://www.addictioncenter.com/addiction/addiction-and-suicide
Frequency of prescription opioid misuse and suicidal ideation, planning, and attempts🔗https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/28364579/
South Asian Topics
Biopsychosocial Approaches to Understanding Health in South Asian Americans. Cross-Cultural Research in Health, Illness and Well-Being. Springer, Cham.
🔗https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-91120-5_9
Suicide among South Asian Americans: A Systematic Review of Causal and Risk Factors. J Ment Health Soc Behav 4(1):158.
🔗https://doi.org/10.33790/jmhsb1100158
A review on the addictive materials Paan Masala (Paan Parag) and Nass (Naswar). SciMedicine Journal, 1(2), 77-84. 🔗https://doi.org/10.28991/SciMedJ-2019-0102-4
Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA). (n.d.). Suicide Among Asian Americans. Available at: 🔗https://www.samhsa.gov
Suicide Among South Asians in the United States: A Growing Public Health Problem. Sage Open, 12(4). 🔗https://doi.org/10.1177/21582440221140378
Suicide among South Asians in the United States: Perspectives, Causes, and Implications for Prevention and Treatment. J Ment Health Soc Behav 3(2):150.
🔗https://scholarworks.utrgv.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1009&context=sw_fac
Georgia-specific resources
👁️🗨️Take Back Days. Find an upcoming event: www.dea.gov/takebackday
👁️🗨️Safe Storage and Secure Disposal Resources & Collection Site Locator https://stoprxabuseinga.org/safe-storage-and-secure-disposal
👁️🗨️Donated Drug Repository Program: https://dph.georgia.gov/
👁️🗨️DBHDD (Georgia Department of Behavioral Health and Developmental Disabilities)resources and crisis services for opioid use disorders.
👁️🗨️Information on Safe Disposal of Unused Medicines (FDA):
https://www.fda.gov/drugs/safe-disposal-medicines/disposal-unused-medicines-what-you-should-know#MEDICINES
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