Common Acronyms in Suicide Prevention and the GLS Program

General
BPR
GLS/GLSMA
MSPI
NSSP
NVDRS
SPDC
TRAC
WISQARS

SPRC/AFSP Best Practices Registry for Suicide Prevention

Garrett Lee Smith Memorial Act (federal suicide prevention funding law)
Methamphetamine and Suicide Prevention Initiative (IHS funding for urban and rural
Native communities)
National Strategy for Suicide Prevention
National Violent Death Reporting System
Suicide Prevention Data Center (Macros Cross-Site Evaluation system)
Transformation Accountability System (SAMHSAs data entry and reporting system)
Web-based Injury Statistics Query and Reporting System

National Organizations, Resource Centers & Institutes

AAS
American Association for Suicidology
AFSP
American Foundation for Suicide Prevention
CSPIVS
Center for the Prevention of Violence, Injury and Suicide at EDC
EDC
Education Development Center, Inc.
IHS
Indian Health Service
MHA
Mental Health America
NAASP
National Action Alliance for Suicide Prevention
NAMI
National Alliance on Mental Illness
NASMHPD
National Association of State Mental Health Program Directors
NSI
Native Streams Institute at EDC
NSPL
National Suicide Prevention Lifeline (commonly called the Lifeline)
SAMHSA
Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration
SAVE
Suicide Awareness Voices of Education
SPRC
Suicide Prevention Resource Center
SSA
Safe States Alliance
VA
US Department of Veterans Affairs
Point people
PS
GPO
TAL
Trainings*
AMSR
ASIST
QPR
RRSR
SOS

Prevention Specialist (your support person at SPRC)

Government Project Officer (your support person at SAMHSA)
Technical Assistance Liaison (Macros staff supporting the cross-site evaluation)

Assessing and Managing Suicide Risk (1-day training for mental health clinicians
offered by SPRC)
Applied Suicide Intervention Skills Training (a gatekeeper training program)
Question, Persuade, Refer (a gatekeeper training program)
Recognizing and Responding to Suicide Risk (2-day training for mental health clinicians
offered by AAS)
Signs of Suicide (screening and gatekeeper training program for use in schools)

* For a complete list of gatekeeper trainings listed in the BPR, please see SPRCs Gatekeeper Training Matrix, available at:
http://www.sprc.org/library/SPRC_Gatekeeper_Matrix.pdf

GLS Cohort 6 Grantee Orientation

List of Acronyms Updated October 2011