If you think someone you know is contemplating suicide, contact the National Suicide Prevention Hotline.
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For instance, Kaslow will be leading a webcast on suicide prevention among children on May 15.
She told him she wanted it to be a suicide prevention public service announcement, he said.
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The Help Center link urges people to contact the National Suicide Prevention Lifeline and is a literally life-saving option.
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Suicide prevention programs have typically focused on youth, young adults and the elderly.
Paugh volunteers with the Maryland chapters of the American Foundation for Suicide Prevention and the Licensed Firearm Dealers Association.
Last June, Mr Woodward said suicide prevention was a priority in Northern Ireland.
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But will early leads in suicide prevention be followed up with breakthrough therapies?
Castro is on suicide prevention -- which is standard procedure for high-profile inmates -- but not suicide watch, according to O'Brien.
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"This kind of research helps show that when doing suicide prevention, we also need talk about other forms of violence, " she says.
For immediate assistance, contact the National Suicide Prevention Lifeline at 1-800-273-TALK (8255) if you or someone you know is contemplating suicide.
The National Suicide Prevention Lifeline has partnered with us to be a source of help to those who feel they can't go on.
QWhere.org currently is in the form of a representative prototype and holds potential resources of subjects such as education, healthcare, networking, suicide prevention, etc.
Castro is on suicide prevention watch, standard procedure for high-profile inmates.
In addition to phone support, the lifeline will now let Facebook users communicate with suicide prevention specialists in a Web chat room, the statement said.
According to its authors (one of whom is medical director of the American Foundation for Suicide Prevention), both slippery slopes have already been slid down.
"It is high time that national suicide prevention strategies address suicide as a health and social inequality at both national and local levels, " he said.
"There are still clear consequences for talking about your mental health history, " said Jane Pearson, a suicide prevention expert with the National Institute of Mental Health.
Stories like these are the reason The Trevor Project operates its helpline, the only nationwide, around-the-clock crisis and suicide prevention number for gay and questioning youth.
Only recently, the VA has taken steps to add mental health counselors and 24-hour suicide prevention services at all facilities, following high-profile incidents of suicides involving veterans.
Inspectors also found little work was being done with the 15 prisoners serving life sentences and more staff training was needed in self-harm, suicide prevention and anti-bullying.
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This could lead to misleading evaluation of national and local suicide prevention strategies and a masking of the effects of economic difficulties on suicide rates, they suggest.
To strengthen internal commitment to end suicides amongst our military, the Department of Defense formed the Defense Suicide Prevention Office to lift up suicide awareness and develop prevention strategies.
"Attitudes to suicidal behaviour have changed over time and at different times in different places, " says Prof Nav Kapur, head of research at Manchester University's Centre for Suicide Prevention.
Prof Louis Appleby, chairman of the government's National Suicide Prevention Strategy Advisory Group, said there was "nothing new" in finding probably underestimation of suicide numbers because of doubts about intent.
Groups dedicated to suicide prevention have sprung up around the world, and the study of suicide and the treatment of those who attempt it have become major branches of psychology.
And her interviews with suicide prevention experts have taught her how important it is to avoid oversimplifying the facts, which can make suicide look romantic or appealing, especially to teen viewers.
In all, it's a risky gambit for one of the most successful shows in daytime talk, threatening to tarnish legitimate causes McGraw has taken up, like childhood obesity and suicide prevention.
The military and the VA have also spent millions trying to enhance suicide prevention programs, with the VA earlier this year announcing plans to hire an additional 1, 600 mental-health clinicians.
We may not hear about all of the people we have saved, but we continue to find new, innovative approaches to suicide prevention that are leading the field, nationally and internationally.
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