The American Foundation For Suicide Prevention

The American Foundation for Suicide Prevention (AFSP) is the only national not-for-profit organization exclusively dedicated to funding research, developing prevention initiatives and offering educational programs and conferences for survivors, mental health professionals, physicians and the public.

Description:
The Foundation's activities include:

• Supporting research projects that help further the understanding and treatment of depression and the prevention of suicide.

-Providing information and education about depression and suicide.
-Promoting professional education for the recognition and treatment of depressed and suicidal individuals.
-Publicizing the magnitude of the problems of depression and suicide and the need for research, prevention and treatment.
-Supporting programs for suicide survivor treatment, research and education.

Contact person: Maya Enista, NJ Area Director, (phone), (email)

Office fax number: (732) 790-5580

Address:

26607 DPO Way New Brunswick, NJ 08901 (See a map)

Web Site: http://www.afsp.org

Last updated on June 25, 2009