Institute
for Risk of Suicide (CARS)
We can unite to prevent suicide
for
culturally diverse communities
culturally diverse communities
CSPI’s Mission
To provide resources & guidance needed to infuse culture, diversity, equity, & inclusion into suicide prevention
Diversity & Cultural Infusion Is a Team Effort
Effective suicide prevention for diverse communities involves:
- Brochures with cultural warning signs
- Culturally adapted screening tools
- Culturally infused community trainings
- Attention to cultural disparities
- Culturally responsive clinical suicide care
- Culturally attuned messaging & outreach
. . . and more

Culture & Suicide
Prevention Institute
We can help
The Culture & Suicide Prevention Institute will become your one-stop-shop for all things Culture & Suicide Prevention. We are building the institute to serve as a supplement or crosswalk between the general suicide prevention resources that are out there and the more specific information that will help you meed the specialized needs of your diverse communities.
Training
Educate and promote awareness about mental health and suicide prevention to your community. Hone your skills or those of your staff to meet and exceed standards of care. From asynchronous CE trainings already accessible on your schedule to customized multi-day interactive in-person workshops, put our decades of community and clinician education to work for you.
Program Evaluation
Put our combined decades of mental health program evaluation experience to work for you. From our MHSA-funded suicide prevention efforts to federally-funded nationwide crisis intervention training efforts, we have the experience and expertise you need to design and execute data systems that will exceed your reporting expectations.
Consultation
Engage our consultation to optimize yourmental health systems delivery or suicide prevention efforts, or engage us for expert forensic consultation around standards of care in those areas. We use community-based participatory practices to partner your on-the-ground clinical or educational know-how with our cutting edge evidence-based expertise.
Resources
Here you can access the materials for the Cultural Assessment of Risk for Suicide (CARS) measure, including the manual and free-to-use assessment materials. By popular request, we’ve also compiled an ever-updating list of free resources that you can access now. Don’t let time or funding stop your first steps into building out your clinician or client toolkits. Get started now!
About Us
Born out of the need to bridge gaps between practice and research, we leverage community based participatory methods to meet you and your agency where you are, help you choose the optimizations you need, and achieve those goals. Meet the individuals driving these efforts.