Suicide Prevention
Suicide is almost always preventable when the right support reaches the right person at the right moment. This section brings together clinical guidance for someone struggling with thoughts of suicide, practical advice for friends and family who are worried about them, and the warning signs everyone should know.
Our most referenced guidance.
Dealing with suicidal threats: are you worried about a friend?
A structured walkthrough of what to do when someone you care about is showing signs of suicide — how to ask, how to listen, and how to stay with them.
How to work through thoughts of suicide
Practical, clinically grounded techniques for getting through the hardest hours — and what to do next.
What to ask — and how to ask it
Asking someone directly about suicide does not plant the idea. It opens a door they may desperately want opened. Here's how.
Warning signs of suicide
Behavioural, verbal and situational indicators that someone may be at elevated risk — and what they mean.
Community-assisted suicide prevention
Our foundational approach: equipping friends, family and colleagues with the words that help — because bystanders are usually the first to know.
Why the feeling that nobody will miss you is a symptom, not a fact
The most common distortion of suicidal depression — and what the evidence actually shows about the people left behind.
Every sub-section in Suicide Prevention.
Are you in crisis right now?
If you are thinking about ending your life, or you are with someone who is, please stop reading and reach out. You don't need to have the right words. You just need to call.