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Knowing what to do in a life threatening emergency is extremely important. Interacting with a suicidal person, can be frightening because there is a threat to a person's life and because you are the lone person who is capable of taking immediate action.
A person at risk for acting on suicidal thoughts may NOT have attempted suicide previously nor be in the process of actively attempting suicide, yet there is a serious threat to that person's life. These are not the kinds of situations that people should handle alone. There is assistance available and getting additional help from suicide help-lines, mental health clinicians, physicians or others may help to save a life. |
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Basic Steps to take in an emergency (References 1-3)
Do not be afraid to take action with persons who are suicidal and perform the following:
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| Electronic, print, and multimedia resources are provided to help you to find additional authoritative information on What to do in an emergency. These resources are available from such national organizations as The National Institute of Mental Health as well as professional organizations, not-for-profit organizations, and educational institutions. | ||
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Depression and Bipolar Support Alliance (DBSA)
The DBSA is a U.S. not-for-profit organization based out of Chicago and the nation's largest patient-directed, illness-specific organization.
The DBSA provides a Web page titled Responding to an emergency situation available at the following Web address:
http://www.dbsalliance.org/info/suicide.html#Responding%20to%20an%20emergency%20situation |
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