K E E P   Y O U R
H E A D
U P
D O N ' T
B O T T L E   I T
U P
D O N ' T
G I V E
U P
:)
:)
:)
:)
:)
:)
:)
:)
:)
:)
:)
:)
:)
:)
:)
 
 
 
PROJECT GOALS
ABOUT THE PROJECT
PROJECT IMPACT

Suicidal thoughts and behaviors (STB), defined as anything a person does intentionally that can cause injury to one’s self, including death (i.e., suicide attempt, suicide ideation, non-suicidal self-injury), is a significant public health issue. A growing number of STB prevention programs train adults and peers (termed “gatekeeper training”) to be more active bystanders– to try to help when they see someone who may be at risk for self-injury. Such programs have demonstrated positive changes in knowledge and attitudes about suicide, but have had less success in changing behaviors in real world settings and few focus on youth and young adults as bystanders.  A better understanding of the variables that promote successful STB prevention behaviors could inform more effective STB bystander actions.

Project Lift Up is a national longitudinal study of almost 5,000 youth and young adults across the United States. The project was designed to understand awareness of suicidal behavior among social networks, helping (“bystander”) behaviors, and personal impact overtime. Important contextual factors are also measured, including personal suicidal thoughts and behaviors, help-seeking, social and structural determinants of health, and personal strengths and resiliency. Survey data are supplemented with interviews with professionals in the fields of mental health and prevention, as well as with youth themselves about barriers that prevent and contexts that promote helping specific to suicidal thoughts and behaviors as well as recommendations related to prevention training.

Findings from Project Lift Up will identify ways to improve youth identification of and responses to persons at risk for suicidal thoughts and behaviors in ways that reduce personal risk for themselves and others. A better understanding of the impact of helping will enhance prevention efforts to teach and assess self-care and support for bystanders themselves.

 
RESOURCES FOR

Youth & Families

counselors & practioners

Researchers

LIFT LINES

Everybody needs a lift sometimes. some words of wisdom from peers to help lift you up.

I’ve tried so hard to do right.     /     
Happiness is not by chance, but by choice.     /     
The hard times are golden because they all lead to better days.      /     
Be what you want others to be.     /     
Birthdays tell how long you’ve been on the road, not how far you’ve traveled.     /     
I am not afraid of storms for I am learning how to sail my ship.     /     
Be comforted deal soul! There is always light behind the clouds!      /     
Work on yourself. For you yourself.     /     
Sometimes you have to cut a little bit of yourself off, no matter how much it hurts, in order to grow.     /     
I am patient. I am resilient. I am worthy. Today, I let go of things I cannot change.     /     
You are worthy of all the things you want, even the things that feel out of reach.     /     
Better to be a lion for a day then a sheep all your life.     /     
Friends come and go but the ones that stay are family.     /     
Stay close to anything around you that makes you glad you are alive.     /     
Be gentle with yourself. You have the power to protect your peace.     /     
You must take care of yourself to be able to care of others.     /     
If life doesn’t go right, go left. There’s always another path.     /     
You have the courage to begin again.     /     
The idea is not to live forever, but to create something that will.     /     
You are not your mistakes. They are what you did. Not who you are.     /     
Happiness often sneaks through the door you didn’t know you left open.     /     
Remember this: be kind to your mind. Kindness is beautiful. You got this.     /     
People lie and say what you want to hear, but nature won’t. Nature is life in its purest form.     /     
And this too shall pass.     /     
Your direction is more important than your speed.     /     
Keep your face towards the sunshine and shadows will fall behind you.     /     
It’s a marathon, not a race.     /     
Aim for the moon and if you miss, land among the stars.     /     
Good things take time.     /     
Treat every day like it’s the good old days.     /     
I know love exists because I exist, and I am full of it.     /     
Wake up every day with the thought that something amazing is about to happen.     /     
Love yourself the way you love others.     /     
To be loved is to be known: to be understood is to be witnessed.     /     
Be where your feet are.     /     
     /     Crying does not indicate that you are weak. Since birth, it has been a sign that you are alive.
     /     I understand you; I care about you.
     /     There are too many flowers to smell and songs to listen to for me to stop going.
     /     A bad morning does not mean a bad day.
     /     When we strive to become better than we are, everything around us becomes better too.
     /     Don’t let yesterday take up too much of today.
     /     More love. Less hate.
     /     The greatest glory in living lies not in the failing, but in the rising time when we fall.
     /     Always remember that you are unique. Just like everyone else.
     /     As long as you are breathing, you’ll grow. Everything heals, you just need time and hope.
     /     Celebrate every win no matter how small.
     /     With every act of self-care your authentic self gets stronger, and the critical, fearful mind gets weaker. Every act of self-care is a powerful declaration: I am on my side, I am on my side.
     /     It is okay if all you do today is survive.
     /     Remember, some things have to end for better things to begin.
     /     Don’t use your energy to worry. Use your energy to create, grow, and heal.
     /     There will be no end if you keep asking others’ approval. Be true to yourself and you will be free.
     /     What a poor reason for refusing light, because the night is so dark.
     /     Be patient with yourself. Healing takes time.
     /     If every porkchop were perfect, we wouldn’t have hot dogs.
     /     It’s okay to prioritize yourself.
     /     Treat every day like it’s the good old days, because you’re living them right now.
     /     Meh, I’ll make it. I always do.
     /     The poetry of earth is never dead.
     /     It’s always darkest before the dawn or “Only in darkness can you see the stars.
     /     Always look for the helpers, you will always find people who are helping.
     /     Success is going from failure to failure without loss of enthusiasm.
     /     We cannot control the world around us. We can only control our response to it.
     /     Hold fast. Brave the storm.
     /     Growth begins when we start to accept our own weakness.
     /     The sleeper must awaken.
     /     You have writers who write about crazy characters but that doesn’t mean the writer himself is crazy.
     /     It’s all about perspective.
     /     Do things at your own pace. Life is not a race.
     /     All we have to decide is what to do with the time that is given to us.
     /     Success is the ability to leave failure behind without losing enthusiasm.
You don’t need a grand reason to live. The small things usually outweigh the big.     /     
Hating people is like burning your own home to get rid of a rat.     /     
No matter how we choose to live, we both die at the end.     /     
Don’t let yesterday take up too much of today.     /     
A problem is a chance for you to do your best.     /     
We do it because we believe we have something to offer.      /     
Celebrate every win, no matter how small.     /     
If speaking kindly to plants can help them grow, imagine what speaking kindly to humans can do.     /     
Balance is a process, not a definition.     /     
You are loved unconditionally and with an unchanging love.     /     
Keep hold of the small wins, the small joys, and use those as the steps to keep you going … “Collecting small things kept me going. Gotta stay to finish my collection. But in the process of making one collection, I found a new one and it kept going from there. It’s not a permanent fix, but it can at least help you until you are able to get help.      /     
Even on the darkest days the sun will shine again.     /     
Take the time it takes to take less time.     /     
Just keep moving forward. Always.     /     
Trust your intuition. If something feels right to you, it probably is right for you. Put yourself first.     /     
Bloom where you are planted.     /     
God help those who help themselves.     /     
The true way to be happy is to do something to add to the happiness of others.     /     
You are loved.     /     
Everyone can master a grief but he that has it.     /     
We cannot control the world around us. We can only control our responses to it.     /     
Self-Care: refers to the practices that promote physical, mental, and emotional well-being, and enhance overall quality of life.     /     
Try to be a rainbow is someone else’s cloud.     /     
If you do what you love, you’ll never work a day in your life.      /     
Do it and do it horribly; it means just go for it and show up, life’s about showing up not perfect.     /     
In response to “You’re pointless simply say “Thirty-nine buried. Zero found.     /     
At the end of the day it’s still you.     /     
Wherever you go, go with all your heart.     /     
Do not wait for the perfect conditions to start.     /     
Wait and hope.     /     
It’s natural to cry don’t let people make you feel otherwise.      /     
Let it happen.      /     
Don’t tell me the sky is the limit when there are footprints on the moon.     /     
Wake up everyday with that thought that something amazing is about to happen.     /     

OUR LIFT OFF CREW

Meet the professionals behind the Project.

Kim Mitchell Ph.D
Principal Investigator, Research Professor, Crimes against Children Research Center, University of New Hampshire (UNH)
I am an Irish dance mom — my other full time job!
Vicki Banyard Ph.D
Principal Investigator and Distinguished Professor School of Social Work, and Core Faculty for Center of Reseearch on Ending Violence at Rutgers University
I love going camping.
Michelle Ybarra MPH, PH.D
Co-Investigator , President and Reasearch Director at Center for Innovative Public Health Research (CiPHR)
I enjoy doing a silly kind of Pilates called Lagree.
Shira Dunsiger Ph.D
Co-Investigator, Assoicate Professor (Research) at Center for Health Promotion and Health Equity, Department of Behavioral and Social Sciences at Brown Universtiy, School of Public Health
My first job was making balloon animals at children's birthday parties!
Lisa Jones Ph.D
Co-Investigator, Research Associate Professor, Crimes against Children Research Center, University of New Hampshire (UNH)
I love baking bread in my spare time.
Julie Cerel Ph.D
Co-Investigator, Professor and Director of the Suicide Prevention and Exposure Lab at the University of Kentucky College of Social Work
I take a picture of the sunset most days.
Linda Oshin Ph.D
Consultant, Assistant Professor, Clinical Psychology Department Rutgers University
I love baking and will gladly shirk my research responsibilities to bake someone a cake!
Deirdre Colburn Ph.D
Postdoctoral Reasearch Associate, Crimes against Children Research Center, University of New Hampshire (UNH)
I love to travel and have visited 10 different countries over the past 3 years!
Haylee Foster BA.
Research Associate, Crimes against Children Research Center, University of New Hampshire (UNH)
My rescue Pit Bull is my whole world.
Elton Ortiz MS.
Research Associate at the Center for Innovative Public Health Research (CiPHR)
Playing soccer and taking naps are my hobbies outside of work.
Gabriela Crinigan
Research Associate, Crimes against Children Research Center, University of New Hampshire (UNH)
I am an artist and my inspiration comes largely from memories of my upbringing in Venezuela.
Tori Schofield MS.
Research Assistant, Crimes against Children Research Center, University of New Hampshire (UNH)
I am a gym rat and love anything with peanut butter.
Maggie Crean MA.
Research Assistant, Crimes against Children Research Center, University of New Hampshire (UNH)
I am a die-hard Red Sox fan!
Lovisa Werner
Biostatistician, Brown University School of Public Health
I competed in ballroom dance growing up!

OUR PARTNERS

Project lift up is brought to you in collaboration with the following

University of New Hampshire Brown University Rutgers University University of Kentucky CiPHR

SOCIAL MEDIA

FOOD FOR THOUGHT FROM OUR Instagram FEEDS

Instagram
Instagram
 
Back to Top