Suicide Prevention

Suicide Prevention: Recognizing Signs and Seeking Help

Suicide is a complex and multifaceted phenomenon that can affect individuals from all backgrounds, social classes, ages, sexual orientations, and gender identities. It’s crucial to highlight that suicide is preventable. Recognizing the warning signs in oneself or someone close is the first and most critical step. Hence, be vigilant if someone displays suicidal behaviors and strive to offer support.

Warning Signs The following warning signs should not be considered in isolation. There is no exact formula for detecting when someone is experiencing a suicidal crisis, but certain signs can indicate distress. It’s vital for family and friends to be alert, especially if many of these signs manifest simultaneously.

Behavioral and Verbal Manifestations:

  • Emergence or worsening of conduct problems or verbal manifestations for at least two weeks.
  • These manifestations should not be viewed as threats or emotional blackmail, but as alerts to a real risk.

Preoccupation with Death or Hopelessness:

  • Individuals at risk of suicide often talk about death and suicide, express feelings of hopelessness, guilt, low self-esteem, and a negative outlook on life and the future. These ideas may be verbalized, written, or expressed through drawings.

Expressions of Suicidal Ideas or Intentions:

  • Pay attention to comments like:
    • “I’ll disappear.”
    • “I’ll leave you all in peace.”
    • “I wish I could sleep and never wake up.”
    • “It’s useless to try to change, I just want to kill myself.”

Isolation:

  • Individuals with suicidal thoughts may isolate themselves, avoid phone calls, interact less on social media, stay at home or in their rooms, and reduce or cancel social activities they used to enjoy.

Other Factors:

  • Exposure to pesticides, job loss, political and economic crises, discrimination due to sexual orientation and gender identity, psychological and physical assaults, workplace distress, decreased self-care, family conflicts, loss of a loved one, chronic and debilitating diseases can increase vulnerability to suicide, although they are not determinants.

Asking for Help Suicidal thoughts can be unbearable, and knowing how to deal with these feelings can be extremely challenging. However, help is available. It’s crucial to talk to someone you trust. Do not hesitate to seek help; you may need support to connect with support services.

Rights When Seeking Help:

  • To be respected and taken seriously.
  • To have your suffering acknowledged.
  • To speak privately about your situation.
  • To be listened to.
  • To be encouraged to recover.

Where to Seek Help:

  • Community Health Centers (e.g., Family Health Units, Health Posts, and Health Centers).
  • Urgent Care Services, Emergency Medical Services, Emergency Rooms, Hospitals.
  • Suicide Prevention Lifeline – Call 1-800-273-TALK (1-800-273-8255) for free, confidential support 24/7.

How to Help Someone at Risk of Suicide:

  • Find an appropriate time and a calm place to discuss suicide with the person. Let them know you are there to listen, listen with an open mind, and offer your support.
  • Encourage the person to seek help from health, mental health, emergency professionals, or public support services. Offer to accompany them to the appointment.
  • If you believe the person is in immediate danger, do not leave them alone. Seek help from health professionals, emergency services, and contact a trusted person indicated by them.
  • If the person lives with you, ensure they do not have access to means to harm themselves (e.g., pesticides, firearms, or medications).
  • Stay in touch to monitor how the person is doing and what they are up to.

Suicide prevention begins with awareness and the ability to recognize warning signs. Offering support and directing towards professional help can save lives. Stay vigilant, be supportive, and do not hesitate to seek or offer help when needed.

United States ?￰ﾟﾇﾸ

  1. Emergency: 911
  2. Suicide Hotline: 988
  3. More Hotlines: Available
  4. In-Person Counseling: Available
  5. Algeria ?￰ﾟﾇ﾿
    • Emergency: 34342 and 43
    • Suicide Hotline: 0021 3983 2000 58
    • More Hotlines: Available
    • In-Person Counseling: Available
  6. Angola ?￰ﾟﾇﾴ
    • Emergency: 113
    • More Hotlines: Available
    • In-Person Counseling: Available
  7. Argentina ?￰ﾟﾇﾷ
    • Emergency: 911
    • Suicide Hotline: 135
    • More Hotlines: Available
    • In-Person Counseling: Available
  8. Armenia ?￰ﾟﾇﾲ
    • Emergency: 911 and 112
    • Suicide Hotline: (2) 538194
  9. Australia ?￰ﾟﾇﾺ
    • Emergency: 000
    • Suicide Hotline: 131114
    • More Hotlines: Available
    • In-Person Counseling: Available
  10. Austria ?￰ﾟﾇﾹ
    • Emergency: 112
    • Suicide Hotline: Telefonseelsorge 24/7 142, Rat auf Draht 24/7 147 (Youth)
  11. Bahamas ?￰ﾟﾇﾸ
    • Emergency: 911
    • Suicide Hotline: (2) 322-2763
  12. Bahrain ?￰ﾟﾇﾭ
    • Emergency: 999
    • More Hotlines: Available
    • In-Person Counseling: Available
  13. Bangladesh ?￰ﾟﾇﾩ
    • Emergency: 999
    • More Hotlines: Available
    • In-Person Counseling: Available
  1. Barbados ?￰ﾟﾇﾧ
    • Emergency: 911
    • Suicide Hotline: Samaritan Barbados (246) 4299999
  2. Belgium ?￰ﾟﾇﾪ
    • Emergency: 112
    • Suicide Hotline: Stichting Zelfmoordlijn 1813
  3. Bolivia ?￰ﾟﾇﾴ
    • Emergency: 911
    • Suicide Hotline: 3911270
    • More Hotlines: Available
    • In-Person Counseling: Available
  4. Bosnia & Herzegovina ?￰ﾟﾇﾦ
    • Suicide Hotline: 080 05 03 05
  5. Botswana ?￰ﾟﾇﾼ
    • Emergency: 911
    • Suicide Hotline: +2673911270
    • More Hotlines: Available
    • In-Person Counseling: Available
  6. Brazil ?￰ﾟﾇﾷ
    • Emergency: 188
    • More Hotlines: Available
    • In-Person Counseling: Available
  7. Bulgaria ?￰ﾟﾇﾬ
    • Emergency: 112
    • Suicide Hotline: 0035 9249 17 223
  8. Burundi ?￰ﾟﾇﾮ
    • Emergency: 117
    • More Hotlines: Available
    • In-Person Counseling: Available
  9. Burkina Faso ?￰ﾟﾇﾫ
    • Emergency: 17
    • More Hotlines: Available
    • In-Person Counseling: Available
  10. Canada ?￰ﾟﾇﾦ
    • Emergency: 911
    • Suicide Hotline: 1 (833) 456 4566
    • More Hotlines: Available
    • In-Person Counseling: Available
  1. Chad ?￰ﾟﾇﾩ
  • Emergency: 2251-1237
  • More Hotlines: Available
  • In-Person Counseling: Available
  1. China ?￰ﾟﾇﾳ
  • Emergency: 110
  • Suicide Hotline: 800-810-1117
  1. Colombia ?￰ﾟﾇﾴ
  • 24/7 Helpline in Barranquilla: 1(00 57 5) 372 27 27
  • 24/7 Helpline in Bogota: (57-1) 323 24 25
  • More Hotlines: Available
  • In-Person Counseling: Available
  1. Congo ?￰ﾟﾇﾬ
  • Emergency: 117
  1. Costa Rica ?￰ﾟﾇﾷ
  • Emergency: 911
  • Suicide Hotline: 506-253-5439
  • More Hotlines: Available
  • In-Person Counseling: Available
  1. Croatia ?￰ﾟﾇﾷ
  • Emergency: 112
  • More Hotlines: Available
  1. Cyprus ?￰ﾟﾇﾾ
  • Emergency: 112
  • Suicide Hotline: 8000 7773
  1. Czech Republic ?￰ﾟﾇ﾿
  • Emergency: 112
  1. Denmark ?￰ﾟﾇﾰ
  • Emergency: 112
  • Suicide Hotline: 4570201201
  1. Dominican Republic ?￰ﾟﾇﾴ
  • Emergency: 911
  • Suicide Hotline: (809) 562-3500
  • More Hotlines: Available
  • In-Person Counseling: Available
  1. Ecuador ?￰ﾟﾇﾨ
  • Emergency: 911
  • More Hotlines: Available
  • In-Person Counseling: Available
  1. Egypt ?￰ﾟﾇﾬ
  • Emergency: 122
  • Suicide Hotline: 131114
  • More Hotlines: Available
  • In-Person Counseling: Available
  1. El Salvador ?￰ﾟﾇﾻ
  • Emergency: 911
  • Suicide Hotline: 126
  • More Hotlines: Available
  • In-Person Counseling: Available
  1. Equatorial Guinea ?￰ﾟﾇﾶ
  • Emergency: 114
  • More Hotlines: Available
  • In-Person Counseling: Available
  1. Estonia ?￰ﾟﾇﾪ
  • Emergency: 112
  • Suicide Hotline: 3726558088 ; in Russian 3726555688
  1. Ethiopia ?￰ﾟﾇﾹ
  • Emergency: 911
  • More Hotlines: Available
  • In-Person Counseling: Available
  1. Finland ?￰ﾟﾇﾮ
  • Emergency: 112
  • Suicide Hotline: 010 195 202
  1. France ?￰ﾟﾇﾷ
  • Emergency: 112
  • Suicide Hotline: 0145394000
  • More Hotlines: Available
  1. Germany ?￰ﾟﾇﾪ
  • Emergency: 112
  • Suicide Hotline: 0800 111 0 111
  • More Hotlines: Available
  1. Ghana ?￰ﾟﾇﾭ
  • Emergency: 999
  • Suicide Hotline: 2332 444 71279
  • More Hotlines: Available
  • In-Person Counseling: Available
  1. Greece ?￰ﾟﾇﾷ
  • Emergency: 1018
  1. Guatemala ?￰ﾟﾇﾹ
  • Emergency: 110
  • Suicide Hotline: 5392-5953
  • More Hotlines: Available
  • In-Person Counseling: Available
  1. Guinea ?￰ﾟﾇﾳ
  • Emergency: 117
  • More Hotlines: Available
  • In-Person Counseling: Available
  1. Guinea Bissau ?￰ﾟﾇﾼ
  • Emergency: 117
  • More Hotlines: Available
  • In-Person Counseling: Available
  1. Guyana ?￰ﾟﾇﾾ
  • Emergency: 999
  • Suicide Hotline: 223-0001
  1. Holland ?￰ﾟﾇﾱ (Netherlands)
  • Suicide Hotline: 09000767
  1. Hong Kong ?￰ﾟﾇﾰ
  • Emergency: 999
  • Suicide Hotline: 852 2382 0000
  1. Hungary ?￰ﾟﾇﾺ
  • Emergency: 112
  • Suicide Hotline: 116123
  1. India ?￰ﾟﾇﾳ
  • Emergency: 112
  • Suicide Hotline: 8888817666
  • More Hotlines: Available
  • In-Person Counseling: Available
  1. Indonesia ?￰ﾟﾇﾩ
  • Emergency: 112
  • Suicide Hotline: 1-800-273-8255
  • More Hotlines: Available
  1. Iran ?￰ﾟﾇﾷ
  • Emergency: 110
  • Suicide Hotline: 1480
  1. Ireland ?￰ﾟﾇﾪ
  • Emergency: 116123
  • Suicide Hotline: +4408457909090
  • More Hotlines: Available
  • In-Person Counseling: Available
  1. Israel ?￰ﾟﾇﾱ
  • Emergency: 100
  • Suicide Hotline: 1201
  • More Hotlines: Available
  1. Italy ?￰ﾟﾇﾹ
  • Emergency: 112
  • Suicide Hotline: 800860022
  1. Jamaica ?￰ﾟﾇﾲ
  • Suicide Hotline: 1-888-429-KARE (5273)
  1. Japan ?￰ﾟﾇﾵ
  • Emergency: 110
  • Suicide Hotline: 810352869090
  1. Jordan ?￰ﾟﾇﾴ
  • Emergency: 911
  • Suicide Hotline: 110
  • More Hotlines: Available
  • In-Person Counseling: Available
  1. Kenya ?￰ﾟﾇﾪ
  • Emergency: 999
  • Suicide Hotline: 722178177
  • More Hotlines: Available
  • In-Person Counseling: Available
  1. Kuwait ?￰ﾟﾇﾼ
  • Emergency: 112
  • Suicide Hotline: 94069304
  • More Hotlines: Available
  • In-Person Counseling: Available
  1. Latvia ?￰ﾟﾇﾻ
  • Emergency: 113
  • Suicide Hotline: 371 67222922
  1. Lebanon ?￰ﾟﾇﾧ
  • Suicide Hotline: 1564
  1. Liberia ?￰ﾟﾇﾷ
  • Emergency: 911
  • Suicide Hotline: 6534308
  • More Hotlines: Available
  • In-Person Counseling: Available
  1. Lithuania ?￰ﾟﾇﾹ
  • Emergency: 112
  • Suicide Hotline: 8 800 28888
  • More Hotlines: Available
  1. Luxembourg ?￰ﾟﾇﾺ
  • Emergency: 112
  • Suicide Hotline: 352 45 45 45
  1. Madagascar ?￰ﾟﾇﾬ
  • Emergency: 117
  • More Hotlines: Available
  • In-Person Counseling: Available
  1. Malaysia ?￰ﾟﾇﾾ
  • Emergency: 999
  • Suicide Hotline: (06) 2842500
  • More Hotlines: Available
  1. Mali ?￰ﾟﾇﾱ
  • Emergency: 8000-1115
  • More Hotlines: Available
  • In-Person Counseling: Available
  1. Malta ?￰ﾟﾇﾹ
  • Suicide Hotline: 179
  1. Mauritius ?￰ﾟﾇﾺ
  • Emergency: 112
  • Suicide Hotline: +230 800 93 93
  1. Mexico ?￰ﾟﾇﾽ
  • Emergency: 911
  • Suicide Hotline: 5255102550
  • More Hotlines: Available
  • In-Person Counseling: Available
  1. Netherlands ?￰ﾟﾇﾱ
  • Emergency: 112
  • Suicide Hotline: 900 0113
  • More Hotlines: Available
  1. New Zealand ?￰ﾟﾇ﾿
  • Emergency: 111
  • Suicide Hotline: 1737
  • More Hotlines: Available
  • In-Person Counseling: Available
  1. Niger ?￰ﾟﾇﾪ
  • Emergency: 112
  • More Hotlines: Available
  • In-Person Counseling: Available
  1. Nigeria ?￰ﾟﾇﾬ
  • Suicide Hotline: 234 8092106493
  • More Hotlines: Available
  • In-Person Counseling: Available
  1. Norway ?￰ﾟﾇﾴ
  • Emergency: 112
  • Suicide Hotline: +4781533300
  1. Pakistan ?￰ﾟﾇﾰ
  • Emergency: 115
  • More Hotlines: Available
  • In-Person Counseling: Available
  1. Peru ?￰ﾟﾇﾪ
  • Emergency: 911
  • Suicide Hotline: 381-3695
  • More Hotlines: Available
  • In-Person Counseling: Available
  1. Philippines ?￰ﾟﾇﾭ
  • Emergency: 911
  • Suicide Hotline: 028969191
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Philippines ?￰ﾟﾇﾭ

  • Emergency: 911
  • Suicide Hotline: 028969191
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  1. Poland ?￰ﾟﾇﾱ
  • Emergency: 112
  • Suicide Hotline: 5270000
  1. Portugal ?￰ﾟﾇﾹ
  • Emergency: 112
  • Suicide Hotline: 21 854 07 40 and 8 96 898 21 50
  1. Qatar ?￰ﾟﾇﾦ
  • Emergency: 999
  • More Hotlines: Available
  • In-Person Counseling: Available
  1. Romania ?￰ﾟﾇﾴ
  • Emergency: 112
  • Suicide Hotline: 0800 801200
  • More Hotlines: Available
  1. Russia ?￰ﾟﾇﾺ
  • Emergency: 112
  • Suicide Hotline: 0078202577577
  1. Saint Vincent and the Grenadines ?￰ﾟﾇﾨ
  • Suicide Hotline: 9784 456 1044
  1. São Tomé and Príncipe ?￰ﾟﾇﾹ
  • Suicide Hotline: (239) 222-12-22 ext. 123
  • More Hotlines: Available
  • In-Person Counseling: Available
  1. Saudi Arabia ?￰ﾟﾇﾦ
  • Emergency: 112
  • More Hotlines: Available
  • In-Person Counseling: Available
  1. Serbia ?￰ﾟﾇﾸ
  • Suicide Hotline: (+381) 21-6623-393
  1. Senegal ?￰ﾟﾇﾳ
  • Emergency: 17
  • More Hotlines: Available
  • In-Person Counseling: Available
  1. Singapore ?￰ﾟﾇﾬ
  • Emergency: 999
  • Suicide Hotline: 1 800 2214444
  • More Hotlines: Available
  1. Spain ?￰ﾟﾇﾸ
  • Emergency: 112
  • Suicide Hotline: 914590050
  • More Hotlines: Available
  1. South Africa ?￰ﾟﾇﾦ
  • Emergency: 10111
  • Suicide Hotline: 0514445691
  • More Hotlines: Available
  • In-Person Counseling: Available
  1. South Korea ?￰ﾟﾇﾷ
  • Emergency: 112
  • Suicide Hotline: (02) 7158600
  • More Hotlines: Available
  1. Sri Lanka ?￰ﾟﾇﾰ
  • Suicide Hotline: 011 057 2222662
  1. Sudan ?￰ﾟﾇﾩ
  • Suicide Hotline: (249) 11-555-253
  • More Hotlines: Available
  • In-Person Counseling: Available
  1. Sweden ?￰ﾟﾇﾪ
  • Emergency: 112
  • Suicide Hotline: 46317112400
  • More Hotlines: Available
  1. Switzerland ?￰ﾟﾇﾭ
  • Emergency: 112
  • Suicide Hotline: 143
  • More Hotlines: Available
  1. Tanzania ?￰ﾟﾇ﾿
  • Emergency: 112
  • More Hotlines: Available
  • In-Person Counseling: Available
  1. Thailand ?￰ﾟﾇﾭ
  • Suicide Hotline: (02) 713-6793
  1. Tonga ?￰ﾟﾇﾴ
  • Suicide Hotline: 23000
  1. Trinidad and Tobago ?￰ﾟﾇﾹ
  • Suicide Hotline: (868) 645 2800
  1. Tunisia ?￰ﾟﾇﾳ
  • Emergency: 197
  • More Hotlines: Available
  • In-Person Counseling: Available
  1. Turkey ?￰ﾟﾇﾷ
  • Emergency: 112
  1. Uganda ?￰ﾟﾇﾬ
  • Emergency: 112
  • Suicide Hotline: 0800 21 21 21
  • More Hotlines: Available
  • In-Person Counseling: Available
  1. United Arab Emirates ?￰ﾟﾇﾪ
  • Suicide Hotline: 800 46342
  • More Hotlines: Available
  • In-Person Counseling: Available
  1. United Kingdom ?￰ﾟﾇﾧ
  • Emergency: 999
  • Suicide Hotline: 0800 689 5652
  • More Hotlines: Available
  • In-Person Counseling: Available
  1. Zambia ?￰ﾟﾇﾲ
  • Emergency: 999
  • Suicide Hotline: +260960264040
  • More Hotlines: Available
  • In-Person Counseling: Available
  1. Zimbabwe ?￰ﾟﾇﾼ
  • Emergency: 999
  • Suicide Hotline: 080 12 333 333
  • More Hotlines: Available
  • In-Person Counseling: Available

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