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When depression becomes hopelessness, suicide is a possibility.

Prevention

We maintain a well-researched, highly skilled public health campaign about suicide and how to detect warning signs and intervene with loved ones.

We conduct local educational forums to keep the general public and professional community informed about the latest knowledge in the treatment of high-risk individuals.

Our mission is to save lives, restore hope, faith, a reason to live, and support those who have lost a friend.

A suicide survivor experiences deep feelings of loss.

Compassionate Care

We provide compassionate support to families and friends who have lost someone to suicide and to honor the memory of those who have died by suicide.

People who have had a friend or family member commit suicide experience deep feelings of loss which are different from the feelings experienced from the death of a loved one by illness or accident. They may have feelings of abandonment, guilt, intense anger and/or sadness. They may even feel shame or embarrassment.

We work to eliminate the stigma, guilt and shame of suicide.

Some ways to help someone who has lost a loved one to suicide:

Give lots of love and understanding, but don't smother the person.

Listen compassionately and attentively. Give the person a chance to think out loud and sort out their grief.

Give special attention to siblings of the victim, especially when the victim was a young person. Allow the siblings to express their grief openly. Encourage them to remember the good things about their brother or sister.

Offer to help with official papers, i.e. police reports, insurance claims, etc.
Intervention is sometimes necessary.

Intervention

We maintain existing crisis intervention teams in the community and integrate these services further into the natural networks of all community organizations.

We expand intervention to all settings and the earliest warning signs, rather than waiting for life-threatening crises.

We increase the capacity for all services and organizations to screen for depression and high-risk behavior.

We coordinate consultation with all settings in order to create innovative intervention teams and models to support and treat people who attempt suicide.