• We're empowering everyone to be the solution

    So What's SPA All About?

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    Our Philosophy

    We believe that anyone can prevent suicide, because we know that the relationships we have with others provides each of us the ability to support them in a time of need.

     

    We are dedicated to taking the guesswork out of what questions you should ask, by providing you with the most efficient and reliable way to assess the situation and response accordingly.

     

    We stand by the fact that when you are able to understand an individual's safety concerns, you will be better prepared to provide lifesaving support.

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    Why the APProach?

    Technology has permeated every aspect of our daily lives, and we think it would be foolish not to consider the role it can play in helping to prevent suicide.

     

    According to WHO in 2016 suicide was the 2nd leading cause of death in the world for people ages 15 - 29, therefore we feel it's pertinent to place the right tools in the hands of individuals capable of providing lifesaving support.

     

    By empowering individuals with a handheld tool that will increase their skill set and knowledge to address suicide, we believe we will be able to slow, and hopefully reduce, the increasing rates of suicide worldwide.

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    What's our novelty?

    In 2016, SPA launched as the world's first publicly distributed suicide screening tool that identifies safety and protective factors. With single click access, users can connect with resources anywhere in the world.

     

    Our design and development stem from a cross-pollination of seasoned professionals and individuals with real-world lived experiences.

     

    SPA has become a driving force for social impact, and supported by invaluable data that we use to inspire our continued evolution.

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    The Road Ahead

    We've been continually thinking of innovative ways to integrate current and emerging technology to tackle the global pandemic of suicide.

     

    Our current approach is the foundational design that we intend to use to inspire the next generation of innovative suicide prevention solutions.

     

    We expect to influence future research, support the utilization of both conventional and unconventional resources to treat mental illness, and drive people to further expand their human potential to save lives.

  • The Future of Suicide Prevention

    Empowering Everyone To Be The Solution

    Why a Suicide Prevention App?

    Suicide Prevention App™ ("SPA") is a free tool that helps standardize the way anyone can screen and respond to another individual they believe to be struggling with thoughts of self-harm or suicide.

     

    SPA was developed from a combination of evidence based best-practice models currently utilized in crisis intervention and mental health settings around the world, as well as novel innovative designs.

     

    This free tool provides you with the baseline ability to appropriately screen for suicide and respond accordingly to the level of safety concern identified. The quantified data driven results are produced as general guidelines to appropriately assist you while helping another individual experiencing a mental health crisis.

     

    SPA is not designed to augment mental health services, but rather to be used as a tool to build community support and provide people the capacity to reduce suicide by teaching the skills needed to help others and connect to additional resources.

    Novelty

    SPA is the world's first-ever publicly distributed suicide screening tool that is able to generally identify the current level of safety concern with an easy-to-use step-by-step process anyone can use.

     

    Additionally, SPA does not require you to have previous or ongoing training to be able to adequately learn how to quickly assess and respond to another individual experiencing thoughts of self-harm or suicide.

     

    No other application available to the general public provides users with a guided process, fully integrated algorithm that is capable of identifying current safety concerns with individualized response plans similar to SPA.

     

    SPA is redesigning the way society can address suicide by empowering every individual with the skills to learn how to help prevent suicide.

    The Way Ahead

    SPA and its sister project iCanAssess have teamed up to provide free resources and training materials in an effort to be the solution and help reduce global suicide rates.

     

    SPA is being designed twofold: a free public facing product and an enterprise solution with a universal database. This approach will span across multiple industry segmentations so each can adopt and adapt upon this methodology to support the development of the first ever open-sourcedata real-time data platform on suicide.

     

    The future of SPA will be fully utilizing big data through deep learning and artificial intelligence to prevent suicide.

     

    SPA will utilize this approach to better influence prevention, intervention and postvention efforts to help reduce suicide around the world and connect people to the resources that already exist, and support the development of new and innovative ways to better each individuals overall wellness.

  • Our Philosophy

    You do not need to be a "mental-health" professional to be able to save someone from suicide!

     

    We believe the relationship you have with someone is the most important part of preventing suicide, and SPA is here to support you by taking the guess work out of how best to begin providing help to others in need.

     

    By understanding an individuals risk factors, such as substance use, bullying, a recent loss, or current abuse, you are better prepared to support someone in finding the right long-term care.

     

    You can use this tool in large training seminars, practice with it on your own, or use it in real-time to provide immediate support to someone in need.

     

    The Suicide Prevention App helps you understand what questions to ask and how to respond, and there has never been anything as simple and straight forward as SPA.

     

    What if anyone could assess for suicide?

     

    How many lives would be saved?

  • Our Insights

    Suicide Prevention App (SPA) is the world’s first publicly distributed standardized screening and response planning tool that empowers you with the professional skills needed to help someone in time of need from anywhere in the world.

     

    With an easy-to-follow step-by-step process, SPA walks you through the best-practice standard way to ask the right questions about self-harm and suicide.

     

    After asking the right questions, this tool identifies the general safety concern based on the answers you receive with its built in proprietary algorithms. To add to your support SPA also populates an individualized response plan to assist in providing appropriate and effective support to another person in need.

     

    SPA features a fully integrated map to locate mental health and medical services near your current location, and single click access to international crisis hotlines and crisis text services (text options currently only functioning for users in the United States at this time).

     

    One of the most advanced and innovative parts of this tool is the assessment report that is provided at the end of the guided walkthrough; this detailed information about protective and safety factors can be used to provide critical information to anyone capable of administering ongoing support.

     

    The future of suicide prevention is when everyone is empowered with the necessary skills needed to ask the right questions about self-harm and suicide, and the ability to provide support in a moment’s notice.

     

    The Suicide Prevention App truly is the world's leading innovation for suicide prevention.

     

    Together we can be ready and willing to support someone in need.

     

    Don't wait until it's too late!

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