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AAS Mission Statement: To promote the understanding and prevention of suicide and support those who have been affected by it.

AAS Vision Statement: We are an inclusive community that envisions a world where people know how to prevent suicide and find hope and healing.

We accomplish this mission by directing efforts to:

•  Advance Suicidology as a science; encouraging, developing and disseminating scholarly work in suicidology. •  Encourage the development and application of strategies that reduce the incidence and prevalence of suicidal behaviors. •  Compile, develop, evaluate and disseminate accurate information about suicidal behaviors to the public. •  Foster the highest possible quality of suicide prevention, intervention and postvention to the public. •  Publicize official AAS positions on issues of public policy relating to suicide. •  Promote research and training in suicidology.

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