International Association for Suicide Prevention (IASP) - Resources: Helping Someone
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| Crisis & Suicide - Understanding Crisis Theory - http://www.211bigbend.org/hotlines/suicide/crisistheory.htm Offers a guide that details crises tend to have a definite pattern. Read to learn more |
| Eastern Michigan University - Helping Someone Who is Suicidal - http://www.emich.edu/uhs/whoissuicidal.html Learn what one should and should not do to help someone who is suicidal. |
| Georgetown University - Be Well: How to help someone who may be suicidal - http://be.georgetown.edu/47217.html 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. |
| HelpGuide - Understanding and Helping a Suicidal Person - http://www.helpguide.org/mental/suicide_prevention.htm Resource details who is at risk, signs of suicidality, and what one should do to help. Find references, resources and related articles. |
| Helping Friends in Trouble: Stress, Depression, and Suicide - http://www.extension.umn.edu/distribution/youthdevelopment/DA2787.html Center for 4-H Youth Development, College of Education, University of Minnesota offers this resource. |
| NAMI - Suicide: Learn More, Learn to Help - http://www.nami.org/Content/ContentGroups/Helpline1/Suicide_-_Learn_more,_learn_to_help.htm Read this guide produced by the National Alliance on Mental Health. |
| Samaritans of Boston - Frequently Asked Questions About Suicide - http://www.samaritansofboston.org/faqs.html Answers the question, can I really help someone who has decided on suicide? |
| Suicide: Offering Help and Support when Someone is Suicidal - http://www.mayoclinic.com/health/suicide/MH00058 Browse this guide prepared by the Mayo Clinic. See related articles. |
| ULifeline - Helping Your Peers - http://www.ulifeline.org/main/factsheets/77 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. |
| ULifeline - The Role of College Students in Preventing Suicide - http://www.ulifeline.org/main/factsheets/75 Browse to become familiar with this fact sheet that states "while you may be able to help the person find someone who can help." |
| What can I do to Help Someone who may be Suicidal? - http://www.metanoia.org/suicide/whattodo.htm Find nine ways to provide assistance to the despairing, suicidal individual. |
