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SOS: Results

Since 2000, more than 2,500 schools have participated in the SOS program. Feedback from school coordinators includes the following positive trends:

  • 90% agreed that the program brought students in need to the school’s attention
  • More than 94% agreed that the program improved communication about depression and suicide among students and between students and school personnel.
  • Schools participating for the first time experienced a 150% increase in students seeking help.
  • Read the full final report of these findings.

SOS is the only school-based suicide prevention program that has been shown to reduce suicidality in a randomized, controlled study. Read the March 2004 article published in the American Journal of Public Health: