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== An alternative: Talk to the person == == An alternative: Talk to the person ==

Editors are not required to try befriending a suicidal individual, instead of pointing the person elsewhere, if they don't feel able. However, those who do feel capable may find ] helpful. A middle approach might be to talk to the person for awhile, and recommend hotlines when it becomes too much to handle.

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This are two alternate proposals:

Directing the person elsewhere

Since most editors do not feel capable of personally befriending a suicidal person, it is recommended that you suggest the suicidal person seek help from a hotline or other suicide help group. Bear in mind that a suicidal person may feel rejected by this suggestion, so try to personalise your response a bit more than just giving the person a list.

Remember that suicidal people are often unlikely to use suicide hotlines. In one study, only 5% of suicides had been in contact with a hotline. Nearly half the calls hotlines get are pranks. Of the other half, many are depressed people wanting someone to talk to, but only a small fraction are actually suicidal. If you are a friend of the suicidal person, remember that the person might prefer talking to you. In case it makes the person more likely to call a hotline, you might also consider recommending a help group that keeps all matters relating to suicide confidential, such as the Samaritans.

List of crisis hotlines

In the event of a suicide crisis anywhere on Misplaced Pages, you can recommend the suicidal individual seek help from the following free resources. (Note that not all are international.) Some will keep confidentiality with individuals seeking help, others will not and will go so far as to trace calls from someone they believe is about to kill him or herself. If you contact one of these groups and this is important to you, ask first. The Samaritans, a British group, do keep all matters relating to suicide confidential.

Remember that suicidal people are often unlikely to use suicide hotlines. In one study, only 5% of suicides had been in contact with a hotline. Nearly half the calls hotlines get are pranks. Of the other half, many are depressed people wanting someone to talk to, but only a small fraction are actually suicidal. If you are a friend of the suicidal person, remember that the person might prefer talking to you.

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International

North America

United Kingdom

Australia

Things you should definitely not do

An alternative: Talk to the person

Editors are not required to try befriending a suicidal individual, instead of pointing the person elsewhere, if they don't feel able. However, those who do feel capable may find this essay helpful. A middle approach might be to talk to the person for awhile, and recommend hotlines when it becomes too much to handle.

  1. ^ original refs in Hendin, 1995, p208-10.// Bridge, TP et al "Suicide prevention centers. Ecological study of effectiveness." J Nerv and Mental Disease, 1977, v164, pp18-24.// Lester, D. "Effect of Suicide Prevention Centers on Suicide Rates in the United States" Health Services Reports, 1974 Jan-Feb; v89#1, pp37-39.