Complete the form to access a toolkit  and additional resources for communities seeking to establish a county suicide fatality review team. After submitting the form, the resources will be emailed to you. Please check your spam/junk folder if you do not receive the email within a few hours. The information you share on this form will not be shared with any outside organization.  

View Summary Reports from the NYS OMH’s SPCNY Suicide Fatality Review Pilot (Completed in 2022)

• Executive Summary Report – 2025 Learning From Loss: Using Suicide Fatality Review Teams for Targeted Prevention Activities 
• Learning From Loss: Using Suicide Fatality Review Teams for Targeted Prevention Activities  – Full Report

View previously recorded SFR webinars:

What You Say Matters: Words and Actions Last a Lifetime – Best Practices in Suicide Death Investigations 

During this webinar, forensic professionals will learn:

• The five elements of a robust suicide investigation.
• The three phrases to avoid when talking about suicide.
• Multiple ways of asking sensitive questions to grieving kin.
• How the Suicide Consolidated Risk Assessment Profile (SCRAP) can be used to collect information in a death investigation to help prevent future suicides.
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Identifying Sexual Orientation and Gender Identity in a Death Investigation 

This webinar:

• Reviews the importance of gathering sexual orientation and gender identity in all investigations.
• Describes the constructs of sexual orientation and gender identity.
• Provides examples of scene evidence and interview techniques to embed questions into information interviews.
• Reviews case examples and ways in which investigators can document evidence of sexual orientation and gender identity in their case narratives.
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