Welcome to the Massachusetts Coalition for Suicide Prevention website

Since 1999, the Massachusetts Coalition for Suicide Prevention (MCSP) has been working to bring about awareness and mobilize community action in response to the public health crisis of suicide in the Commonwealth, a tragedy that claims more lives in the state than homicide and HIV/AIDS.

The MCSP seeks to be a catalyst for action and a powerful voice for change. We are citizens, community leaders, advocates, legislators, public health officials, mental health leaders, survivors of suicide attempts and families who have lost loved ones to suicide — working together to stem the tide of suicide.

We will only be successful in our mission to save lives if we all work in partnership. The MCSP seeks to serve as a bridge between those on the front lines of suicide prevention and local communities seeking to make their communities safe and healthy. We seek to be a focal point for exchanging ideas and a clearinghouse for suicide prevention activities in the state.

Mark Your Calendars!

MCSP General Membership meeting – Monday, March 12, 2012 3:00 – 5:00pm at Harvard Pilgrim Health Care, 93 Worcester Road in Wellesley.

MCSP 13^th Annual State House Event –

Monday, February 6, 2012 9:00am – 12:00pm

 in the Great Hall at the State House in Boston

MA DPH State Conference on Suicide Prevention – May 1 – 2, 2012 at Best Western Royal Plaza Hotel in Marlborough.

Regional Coalition Meetings

Berkshire – January 18, 2012 from 5:30 to 7:00 pm at the Brien Center, 1st floor conference room, 333 East Street, Pittsfield MA – Contact Peggy at peggyf@verizon.net

Cape and Islands – January 12, 2012 from 11:15 to 12:45 pm at the Superior Courthouse in Barnstable Village – Contact Beth Albert at balbert@barnstable county.org or their website at www.suicideispreventable.net

Greater Boston – January 18, 2012 from 8:30 to 10:30 am at the Courtyard Marriott, 275 Tremont Street, Boston, MA – Coffee and networking at 7:30 am – Contact Roberta Hurtig at rhurtig@samaritanshope.org or call (617) 536-1340

Northeast – February 2, 2012 from 1:30  to 3:30 pm at UMass-Lowell, One University Avenue, Lowell, Dugan Hall, Room 204 – Contact Debbie Helms at dhelms@familyserviceinc.com or call (978) 327-6671

Pioneer – January 19, 2012 from 2:00 to 4:00 pm at the Western Mass Recovery Learning Community Center, 74 Federal Street, Greenfield, MA – Contct Robert Reardon at rreardon@tapestryhealth.org

 NEW MASSACHUSETTS DATA RELEASED

The updated data summary for suicide and self-inflicted injuries in Massachusetts has just been released by the Mass. Department of Public Health and the Injury Surveillance Program.  Click on the link below to get the most up to date statistics.

http://www.mass.gov/eohhs/docs/dph/injury-surveillance/suicide/suicide-update-fall2011.pdf