Results for Suicide Intervention

Aug 11, 2014 | 8:24 PM
Friends of comedian
Robin Williams
, who died Monday at age 63 in an apparent suicide , urged the public Monday to seek help if they have suicidal thoughts and encouraged friends to stay alert to any warning signs of depression
"Robin was as sweet a man as he was funny," comedian Jimmy Kimmel said on Twitter . "If you're sad, please tell someone."
The "romantic notion" that suicide is caused by one diastrous change in someone's…

Specialists spoke to BuzzFeed about how to spot warning signs and ways to get help.

Column explores why so many vets take their own lives.

Suicide rates continue to increase across all age groups in America.

It's not a conversation any parent really wants to have, but it's a crucial one. Here's how to explain suicide to your children.

These myths about the addicted stigmatize them and can sabotage interventions.

When everyone is using prescription pills, it can be difficult to discern the difference between healthy use and use that crosses the line into addictions.

Do you ever wonder what you would do if your house caught on fire? Do you see yourself rounding up the children, pets, and photo albums and hustling out the front door? Maybe grab a cell phone to call the fire department and then wait for help to...

"Every suicide attempt needs to be taken seriously."

The CDC recently reported an increase in suicides, particularly among young girls. Cyberbullying and unsafe use of social media may be partly to blame.

Written with Ellen Utley
For so many young people and their families September is a time associated with the invigorating feeling of setting off fo...

NIMH is working to meet the urgent need for rapid-acting suicide prevention interventions by supporting research investigating the feasibility and safety of treatment protocols that have the potential to quickly reduce severe suicide risk in youth and adults.

So you have this motivated, tightly controlled, highly competent non-government organization (NGO). And they implement an innovative educational experiment, using a randomized controlled trial to test it. It really seems to improve student learning. What next? You try to scale it or implement it within government systems, and it doesn’t work nearly as well.

Children who grow up in homes marked by addiction are more likely to struggle with mental health issues of their own. Intervention is critical.

The overwhelming majority of people who die from guns in the US do not die because someone shot them — they die because they shot themselves.

This one-page handout educates people about ways they can be of help to someone thinking of suicide | HealthReach

This Fact Sheet reviews fifteen experimentally-evaluated programs and intervention strategies that were primarily focused on improving early language and literacy skills.

Intervention always happens after; it means that an eating disorder is already in place. That’s why eating disorder awareness and early prevention is so critical.

If you are thinking of planning an alcohol intervention for a loved one this holiday season then the professionals at Boca House are here to help you!