Getting Help for a Suicidal Person WisdomCard™

Our Guides and Physician Review team have organized the Top 10 Health Resources on Getting Help for a Suicidal Person and compiled helpful research notes below.

  1. Suicide Awareness Voices of Education: Getting Help for a Suicidal Person save.org - Getting Help for a Suicidal Person
  2. Metanoia: What Can I Do to Help Someone Who is Suicidal? metanoia.org - What Can I Do to Help Someone Who is Suicidal?
  3. MentalHelp: Helping A Friend or Family Member Who is Suicidal mentalhelp.net - Helping A Friend or Family Member Who is Suicidal
  4. Community Lifelines: Living With a Suicidal Person: What Families Can Do communitylifelines.ca - Living With a Suicidal Person: What Families Can Do
  5. HealthyPlace: Getting Help For A Teen Who is Suicidal healthyplace.com - Getting Help For A Teen Who is Suicidal
  6. DepressionFAQ: How Can You Help People Who Want To Commit Suicide ? suicidal.com - How Can You Help People Who Want To Commit Suicide ?
  7. Shroomery: How to Respond to a Suicidal Person shroomery.org - How to Respond to a Suicidal Person
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Research Notes on Getting Help for a Suicidal Person


Most people who commit, or attempt to commit, suicide have a mental or emotional disorder; up to 70% suffer from major depression.1 A report by the Journal of the American Medical Association found that 90% of all suicides occur during or following a depressive episode. The key to prevention is awareness, education, and treatment.2

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  • Eight out of ten suicidal persons give some warning sign of their intentions.1
  • Reinforce emotional ties; a tiny thread may be all that holds this individual in the world.3
  • Take suicide seriously. Remember that suicidal behavior is a cry for help. Listen. Do not leave an acutely suicidal person alone. Urge then to get professional help.4

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Research Notes References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 Mental Health America: Factsheet: Suicide
  2. ↑ Suicide Awareness Voices of Education: Getting Help for a Suicidal Person
  3. ↑ DepressionFAQ: How Can You Help People Who Want To Commit Suicide?
  4. ↑ Metanoia: What can I do to Help Someone Who is Suicidal?

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