One of the most provocative and powerful ways of treating depression is through picking up the phone and calling a hotline.
There are multiple hotlines which are anonymous in New Zealand, where you can be put through to a chat room, medical professional or simply someone to talk to about any issues or concerns you may have about your health.
0800 111 757 or a ‘Suicide Crisis Hotline’ can be called, where talking in real-time to a trained counselor or volunteer provides you with immediate support and, lets counselors easily connect to you.
Picking up the phone may seem scary, but the long term effects greatly outshine the short term anxiousness that is, opening up to someone you've never met before.
The Crisis Centers will follow-up with any individual at imminent risk of suicide within 48-hours of discharge from a partnering emergency department or who was referred from a crisis center to a partnering emergency department.
The first aspect I picked is the Suicide Prevention Resource Center. I feel that this resources can help in understand the resources available to clients who are suicidal. It also provides some training information on assessing and managing suicide risk. This web site has many pages on effective prevention including Care Transitions. This could be useful in assessing a patient and offering them resources to help them get over the feeling of being suicidal.
If you -- or anyone you know -- are considering self-harm, get help fast by calling the National Suicide Prevention Lifeline at 1-800-273-8255. The line is open 24 hours daily.
A track on the Everybody album, by Logic (Sir Robert Bryson Hall), Alessia Cara, and Khalid, illustrated an artistic, educational, inspiring, and honest song released on April 28, 2017 through the Visionary Music Group and Def Jam Records in Los Angeles. This heartening song aiming to encourage suicide prevention through it’s title and lyrics made a profound impression on America, as reported by the National Suicide Prevention Lifeline “On the day of the release (April 28), The National Suicide Prevention Lifeline received the second highest daily call volume in it’s
There are several risk factors that put Joanne at High Risk for suicide. She states that she did not want to stay and talk, but that she “just wanted to go for a drive” and has a gun in the car, so she is at a high risk given the methods and accessibility to those methods (Jackson-Cherry & Erford, 2018). She has previous suicide attempts, while there is no time frame on when those prior attempts took place, it places her in at a moderate risk at the very least (if 1 to 5 years ago) (Jackson-Cherry & Erford, 2018). She does not report loneliness or hopelessness at this current moment, but given her history of depression, past divorce and no significant other, admissions of guilt over an affair, having no hobbies and getting “all her satisfaction” from work, it is likely that she has or current is experiencing some level of loneliness, and her past attempts are potentially indicative of hopelessness; all these factors put her at a minimum of a moderate risk, but further information would probably lead to a high risk. The divorce, lack of relationship or mention of friendships does put the loneliness at a high risk due to having limited support (Jackson-Cherry & Erford, 2018). There is no mention of substance abuse. There is also no point that she states suicidal plans or ideation, but her behaviors show some ideation present. Her risk factors for chance of intervention are dependent on
Problem: Too many Veterans commit suicide. As of 2014, Veterans have a twenty-one percent higher risk of suicide than U.S. civilian adults. Veterans Affairs [VA], (2016). Fact Sheet Suicide Prevention.
The Star.com. (November 3, 2014). Student help line finds 50 callers a month considering suicide. Retrieved March 7, 2015, from http://www.thestar.com/yourtoronto/education/2014/11/03/student_help_line_finds_50_callers_a_month_considering_suicide.html
Well we are here to help you just call anyone of us! National Suicide Prevention Lifeline 1-800-273-TALK (8255). National Helpline treatment referral and information service: 1-800-662-HELP (4357)
An individual should seek help as soon as possible by contacting a mental health professional or by calling the National Suicide Prevention Lifeline at 1-800-273-TALK if you or someone you know exhibits any of the following signs:
The debate of whether assisted suicide should be lawful, is still of some concern today. Despite the growing advances and discoveries in medicine, there are still illnesses in which scientists, physicians, and nurses have yet to cure or solve. According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, cancer along with heart disease continues to be the leading cause of death in America (Leading Cause of Death, 2014). The prolonged suffering and pain that precedes a person’s inevitable death, is often seen with cancer and other deadly diseases. But the question is should assisted suicide be against the law?
Suicide has always been looked down upon and people would do just about everything in their willpower to prevent it. There are plenty methods to avert people from committing suicide such as the suicide health prevention hotline, support groups, friends, and family. However, all these methods are not as resourceful when the person is already dying. And, if the one who wants to commit suicide is lying in their death bed enduring an excruciating pain, then do the people who oppose suicide have the right to intervene with the dying person’s last wishes? Physician-assisted suicide is a practice where doctors decide to help end their hopelessly ill patient’s life painlessly even if he or she requests for it (Assisted Suicide). If doctors do follow the patient’s desired death, then are the doctors sending subliminal message saying these patients’ lives are now meaningless. Many believe the doctors treating the patients do not have the right to take lives instead save them, which leads to the religious factor in this situation. They believe the only way someone can be taken from this world is through the hands of God and any other way is simply wrong and immoral. Death is a delicate topic many try to ignore for however long they are able to. Humans have a very difficult time coping with the death of a loved one, so it is much harder for the friends and family to accept than the terminally ill. Although physician-assisted suicide permanently relieves the pain of a dying patient, PAS
My family and friends don’t quite understand my motivations to become a mental health counselor. Personally, I can think of nothing more rewarding than helping people through dark times and giving hope for a brighter future. Deep down, I’m an idealist with enough life experience to pepper my expectations. There are countless possible research topics within the mental health field, but I’ve recently developed a deep appreciation of suicide prevention since volunteering for the Kern County Mental Health Hotline. I’ve also become acutely aware of the relationship between suicide and mood disorders, such as depression and bipolar disorder.
When people hear the word “suicide” they automatically think of something gloomy and something that is shameful. But assisted suicide is different, it is more like helping someone make a choice. The choice is does a person want to suffer for as long as possible or does a person want to have a choice to end their life on their own terms. Assisted suicide is a person with an incurable disease who wants to die. It is a use of lethal drugs provided by a doctor. It is more about what the person in this situation wants than what the government thinks. There are so many different aspects that go into this global issue but this essay is going to focus on government involvement, religion, and legalizing suicide. It is not about the right to die but
Suicide is a major problem worldwide; especially for teenagers. Self image plays a big roll in American society today, especially in enabling someone to make a wrong and destructive decision like suicide. Self image and low esteem effect the chances of a teenagers suicide greatly. There are many events that lead up to a young persons suicide, for instance a little problem that seems inescapable which manifests themselves into overwhelming burdens. Detection and prevention are both key for adults and young people to stop suicide from happening.
Three people in my life have completed suicide; my uncle, my mom’s late fiance, and my step brother on my dad’s side, within four years of each other. I’ve witnessed each parental figure in my life become compromised by grief and the inevitable pain accompanying it, and I’ve seen the way depression can plague someone so deeply, even without the ending of suicide. The prevalence and growing numbers of deaths by suicide calls for a revised manner of education on all mental illnesses and the preventative measures one can take to reduce risk. Initially, when I heard of the Suicide Prevention Week Keynote event with Jamie Tworkowski (founder of ‘To Write Love On Her Arms’) I was thrilled. Hosting such an event on a college campus, presenting to a population greatly affected by mental illness, is demonstrative of the steps that should be taken toward raising awareness. Any opportunity for a comprehensive view on mental health and its significance is one to be taken advantage of. However, as the night proceeded, I did take note of several things that would improve the layout of any future events, as well as further deepen an individual’s comprehension of mental illness.