International Association for Suicide Prevention (IASP) - Resources: Helping Someone
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| After An Attempt: The Emotional Impact of a Suicide Attempt on Families Booklet offered by Feeling Blue Suicide Prevention Council includes sections such as "Coming Home from the Emergency Room" and "First Time Versus Repeat Attempt." See "Things NOT To Do." - Read more http://feelingblue.org/docs/AFTER_AN_ATTEMPT_BOOKLET_rev.pdf | |
| Crisis & Suicide - Understanding Crisis Theory Offers a guide that details crises tend to have a definite pattern. Read to learn more - Read more http://www.211bigbend.org/hotlines/suicide/crisistheory.htm | |
| Eastern Michigan University - Helping Someone Who is Suicidal Learn what one should and should not do to help someone who is suicidal. - Read more http://www.emich.edu/caps/pages/selfhelp/helpingsuicidal.php | |
| Georgetown University - Be Well: How to help someone who may be suicidal Notes that people who are contemplating suicide feel extremely alone and helpless. It is therefore important to communicate with him or her frequently and openly. - Read more http://be.georgetown.edu/47217.html | |
| HelpGuide - Understanding and Helping a Suicidal Person Resource details who is at risk, signs of suicidality, and what one should do to help. Find references, resources and related articles. - Read more http://www.helpguide.org/mental/suicide_prevention.htm | |
| Helping Friends in Trouble: Stress, Depression, and Suicide Center for 4-H Youth Development, College of Education, University of Minnesota offers this resource. - Read more http://www.extension.umn.edu/distribution/youthdevelopment/DA2787.html | |
| Here to Help - Other Languages BC Partners for Mental Health and Addictions Information offers suicide prevention and other resource materials in Arabic, Simplified and Traditional Chinese, Farsi, French, Korean, Punjabi, Russian, Spanish, Japanese and Vietnamese. - Read more http://heretohelp.bc.ca/other-languages | |
| Mind - How to Support Someone Who is Suicidal UK organization shares this guide that offers suggestions on how to be supportive of someone who is despairing and thinking about suicide. See "How can I cope with someone’s suicidal feelings?" - Read more http://www.mind.org.uk/help/medical_and_alternative_care/how_to_help_someone_who_is_suicidal | |
| NAMI - Suicide: Learn More, Learn to Help Read this guide produced by the National Alliance on Mental Health. - Read more http://www.nami.org/Content/ContentGroups/Helpline1/Suicide_-_Learn_more,_learn_to_help.htm | |
| Reach Out - Help a Friend: Suicide and Self-Harm Offers guides relating to helping someone who self-harming or suicidal. View the Fact Sheets provided. - Read more http://us.reachout.com/get-help/help-a-friend/suicide-and-self-harm | |
| Suicide: Offering Help and Support when Someone is Suicidal Browse this guide prepared by the Mayo Clinic. See related articles. - Read more http://www.mayoclinic.com/health/suicide/MH00058 | |
| ULifeline - Helping Your Peers Notes that if you think that any of your friends or classmates may be thinking of killing themselves, there are two important things you can do: Talk to them, and express your concern to a responsible adult. - Read more http://www.ulifeline.org/main/factsheets/77 | |
| ULifeline - The Role of College Students in Preventing Suicide Browse to become familiar with this fact sheet that states "while you may be able to help the person find someone who can help." - Read more http://www.ulifeline.org/main/factsheets/75 | |
| What can I do to Help Someone who may be Suicidal? Find nine ways to provide assistance to the despairing, suicidal individual. - Read more http://www.metanoia.org/suicide/whattodo.htm | |
| When someone attempts suicide Become familiar with this guide produced by this Australian crisis support organization. See "After a person has attempted suicide" or "Solutions and the suicidal crisis." - Read more http://www.suicideline.org.au/When-someone-attempts-suicide.html | |
