Description of Collaborative Activity: |
The National Action Alliance for Suicide Prevention (NAASP) is a public-private partnership for advancing the National Strategy for Suicide Prevention. The mission of the NAASP is to champion suicide prevention as a national priority; to catalyze efforts to implement high priority objectives of the NAASP; and to cultivate the resources needed to sustain progress. The NIMH Director is an ex officio member of the NAASP Executive Committee and Co-Chair of the NAASP Research Task Force. Additional NIMH staff serve on task forces pertaining to LGBT Youth, Military and Veterans, Youth in Justice Settings, and American Indian/Alaska Natives. In 2014, NIMH staff contributed to and served as guest editors, authors, and co-authors of the supplement. Also, the National Action Alliance for Suicide Prevention’s Research Prioritization Task Force released the Nation’s first suicide research agenda: A Prioritized Research Agenda for Suicide Prevention: An Action Plan to Save Lives. The Research Agenda includes an overarching goal to advance suicide prevention research more rapidly, seeking ways to reduce suicide deaths and attempts by 20% in five years and by 40% or greater in 10 years, if multiple actions, informed by research, were fully implemented. |
Type of Collaborative Activity: |
Committee, Advisory Group, or Work Group
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NIH Participating Institutes/Centers/Office of the Director: |
NIAAA, NIDA, NIMH, OD/DPCPSI/OBSSR, OD/DPCPSI/ODP |
HHS Agency Collaborators on this Activity: |
ACL, CDC, HRSA, IHS, OS, OSG, SAMHSA |
