American Foundation for Suicide Prevention

This Facebook page is not monitored 24 hours a day, and should not be used as a tool for someone in crisis.

AFSP does NOT offer crisis intervention. If you are in crisis, please call 800-273-TALK (8255). If you are worried that someone in your life is suicidal, call the same number and they will help you.

The American Foundation for Suicide Prevention’s Facebook page is a forum to communicate news and information and to create a community among individuals concerned about suicide prevention, coping with suicide loss and living with a mental illness.

AFSP’s Facebook community is meant to foster a caring environment, spread awareness of the cause, and create a greater understanding of research, education and advocacy related to mental health and suicide prevention. We are dedicated to providing appropriate and sensitive support to all those who seek it. Our mission is to save lives and bring hope to those affected by suicide.

In an effort to build a supportive online space, AFSP strongly encourages users to respect fellow Facebook/Instagram members and the Terms and Conditions of Facebook, including the User Content guidelines. We kindly ask that you follow our Community Guidelines, listed below.

AFSP reserves the right to remove any postings, comments, photos, or videos that we deem:

• Infringe on the rights of any third parties including rights of privacy, publicity and intellectual property rights
• Abusive, defamatory, obscene or unlawful
• Fraudulent, deceptive or misleading
• Otherwise offensive or hurtful, graphically or in tone
• Encourage conduct that would be considered a criminal offense, give rise to civil liability, violate any law or regulation
• Discriminatory based on race, creed, color, ethnicity, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender expression, and physical or mental ability
• Inappropriate for our cause, or otherwise off topic comments

Anyone repeatedly posting objectionable content may be banned from participating in this Facebook/ Instagram page without notice. AFSP does not endorse, nor is it responsible for any of the postings, opinions, photographs, video or other submissions (“User Submissions”) on this page, and AFSP expressly disclaims any and all liability in connection with User Submissions. AFSP also reserves the right to block or ban a user from the AFSP page indefinitely for violation of any of the above-mentioned guidelines at will or without notice. AFSP reserves the right, at its sole discretion, to modify the foregoing terms and conditions at any time without further notice.

While our hope is that you remain an active participant in our community, if you no longer wish to follow our community here on Facebook, please feel free to voluntarily remove yourself by clicking the “Unlike” link located on the left-hand sidebar.

We each bring our own experience and we invite you to share yours. While we encourage dialogue, it is important that this page remain free of judgment, criticism, and unsolicited advice, a safe place for all members of our community.