Media

For Journalists

• If you are a member of the media, and have questions about suicide prevention, please contact a Public Information Officer at pio@health.nv.gov.
• Recommendations for reporters writing stories about suicides
• Reports and other Resources

Press Releases

• Nevada Department of Health and Human Services Press Releases

Responses to 13 Reasons Why

• 13 Reasons Why Talking Points
• Statement from Experts on 13 Reasons Why, Season 2
• National Public Radio, Netflix Cuts Controversial Suicide Scene From '13 Reasons Why'

Nevada Suicide Prevention

• Why are suicide rates rising everywhere in U.S. except Nevada?
• Nevada is a hopeful outlier.
• It's Everybody's Business: How Reno is Helping Prevent Suicide
• Nevada looks to gun stores for help in suicide prevention

Suicide Prevention

• Defying Prevention Efforts, Suicide Rates Are Climbing Across the Nation
• Suicide rates sharply increased across the country, CDC report says
• Rise in suicide called a public health crisis (Washington Post)
• US suicide rates increased more than 25% since 1999, CDC says (CNN)

Nevada Behavioral Health

• Las Vegas-area hospitals are quick to discharge the mentally ill
• Lawmakers examine nexus of housing, mental health in effort to end cycles of homelessness, incarceration

Youth Suicide Prevention

• Senator Square: CHS takes another step to protect its students
• How to talk to your teen about depression and suicide

Military Veteran Suicide Prevention

• Nevada Department of Veterans Services, Suicide Prevention
• Veterans get a chance to speak out and be heard
• Reaching For Zero, A Veterans Appreciation and Veteran Suicide Awareness Brunch
• Prevention Office Discusses Uptick in Veteran Suicides