If you - or someone you know - are having thoughts about suicide, call 1.800.SUICIDE (784-2433). Calls are connected to a certified crisis center nearest the caller's location. Services are available 24 hours a day, seven days a week.
American Association of Suicidology

Contact:
Lanny Berman, Ph.D, Executive Director berman@suicidology.org

Address:
5221 Wisconsin Ave., NW
Washington, DC 20015

Telephone: 202.237.2280
Fax: 202.237.2282

Website: www.suicidology.org


The American Association of Suicidology (AAS) is a not-for-profit membership organization founded in 1968. AAS’s mission is to understand and prevent suicide by:

  • Advancing Suicidology as a science and disseminating scholarly work in Suicidology

  • Developing and implementing strategies to reduce the incidence and prevalence of suicidal behaviors

  • Disseminating accurate public information about suicidal behaviors

  • Fostering the highest possible quality of suicide prevention, intervention, and postvention to the public

  • Promoting research, education, and training in Suicidology

AAS hosts annual conferences in Suicidology, publishes a bimonthly peer-reviewed journal Suicide and Life-Threatening Behavior, and two quarterly newsletters for its members.
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