ColumbiaCare's Center for Suicide Prevention invites you to explore these pages where you will learn more about the very best suicide prevention and intervention programs in the country. Whether you are a school administrator, a teacher, a soldier, a caregiver, or anyone else who recognizes the incredible potential of saving a life, you’re likely to find something designed to meet your needs. Launched in 2008, our Center for Suicide Prevention offers the following programs and services:

Applied Suicide Intervention Skills Training (ASIST) is the most widely-used suicide intervention skills training in the world. 

Suicide to Hope is a combination of community workshops, trainings, and home visits that helps individuals identify potential signs of depression, alcohol and drug abuse, and suicide. 

Response is a comprehensive high school-based suicide prevention program. The Second Edition is now available!

ColumbiaCare Services’ Center for Suicide Prevention offers consultation, training and curricula development services with the goal of creating suicide-safer communities. Learn more about it here.

For more information about ColumbiaCare's Center for Suicide Prevention, please contact Dr. Gary McConahay, Clinical Director at 541.858.8170 or gmcconahay@columbiacare.org.