American Association of Suicidology

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Contact details for American Association of Suicidology address phone fax & website

Name:	American Association of Suicidology
	(AAS)
Address:	5221 Wisconsin Avenue, NW
	Washington 20015
	United States
Telephone:	202 237 2280
Fax:	202 237 2282
Website:	www.suicidology.org

About American Association of Suicidology - AAS

The American Association of Suicidology (AAS) was founded in 1968 by Edwin S. Shneidman. The aim of the association is to understand and prevent suicide.

A not-for-profit organization, aims of the American Association of Suicidology include:

• Encouraging - application and development of strategies which reduce incidence and prevalence rates of suicidal behaviors.
• Promoting - research and training in suicidology
• Compiling, Developing, Evaluating, Disseminating - accurate information about suicide behaviors to the public.
• Fostering - the highest quality of suicide prevention intervention and postvention support to the public
• Publicizing - information on official American Association of Suicidology positions on issues of public policy relating to suicide
• Advancing - the field of suicidology as a science. Work includes developing, disseminating and encouraging academic work in suicidology

The American Association of Suicidology has a wide membership base which includes:

• mental health and public health professionals
• researchers
• suicide prevention and crisis intervention centers
• school districts
• crisis center volunteers
• survivors of suicide

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