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What Demi Moore and Twitter Can Teach You About Stopping Suicide by Lisa Firestone, Ph.D.

…no warning, which is not often the case. Many people who are suicidal show warning signs of suicide that can be identified and help can be provided. Another common myth is that it is best to avoid the topic of suicide. This is simply not true. Not talking about suicide does NOT prevent suicide. Research shows that 80 percent of people have thought about suicide at one time or another, so you won’t put the idea in someone’s head by asking them if t…

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Saving Lives from Suicide During a Pandemic

Saving Lives from Suicide During a Pandemic

…Increasing access to mental healthcare Educating people on evidence-based suicide prevention interventions designed to be offered remotely Enforcing safe media reporting guidelines Each of these approaches reflect realistic, evidence based strategies that can help prevent suicide. In addition, campaigns like #BeThe1To, developed by the National Suicide Prevention Lifeline, are part of an effective, coordinated strategy embraced by researchers and…

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Suicide in the Media

…ch can help people identify when someone’s at risk. An example of how to address suicide, while sending a positive message about staying alive, is in the recently released song by Logic, which is titled “1-800-273-8255.″ Today, there are many tools we can employ, including websites from people with lived-experience, who’ve survived their own suicide attempts and have stories of hope. There are even online chat and text message services for people…

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Saving Lives From Suicide

…international speaker, author and powerful advocate for mental health and suicide prevention. Kevin’s experience further exemplifies the necessity of restricting means for suicide. A 1978 study by Dr. Richard Seiden from the University of California, Berkeley showed that people who were stopped from jumping off the Golden Gate Bridge rarely went on to die by suicide. Bridge barriers erected in suicide hotspots like the Clifton Suspension Bridge i…

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Means Matter: How Bridge Barriers Help Prevent Suicide

…d crisis centers around the world. The Glendon Association’s “Save a Life” Dr. Lisa Firestone’s “The Warning Signs of Suicide” &“Suicide: How You Can Help Someone at Risk“ Washington Post’s Pulling loved ones out of the lure of suicide These clips are from the documentary Understanding and Preventing Suicide produced by The Glendon Association. You can order the full version of this film on DVD by clicking HERE. Suicide Prevention Resource Center…

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How You Can Help Someone At Risk for Suicide by Lisa Firestone, Ph.D.

…e Thoughts (FAST) and the Firestone Assessment of Violent Thoughts (FAVT). Dr. Firestone has published numerous professional articles, and most recently was the co-author of the books: Sex and Love in Intimate Relationships (APA Books, 2006), Conquer Your Critical Inner Voice(New Harbinger, 2002), and Creating a Life of Meaning and Compassion: The Wisdom of Psychotherapy (APA Books, 2003). VIDEO: Watch Dr. Lisa Firestone discuss topics of self, in…

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Teens Suicide Prevention: Teens

…ons for the Suicidal Person The Glendon Association “Save a Life” Brochure Dr. Lisa Firestone’s “The Warning Signs of Suicide” &“Suicide: How You Can Help Someone at Risk” Suicide Prevention Resource Center for Teens Suicide Prevention Resource Center – Teens American Foundation for Suicide Prevention – Teen Suicide Prevention Campaign National Suicide Prevention Lifeline The Jed Foundation – Students Teenline – Teens Helping Teens – Hotline, Live…

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The Inner Voice that Drives Suicide

…on Understanding and Preventing Suicide in which, in addition to outlining warning signs and helper tasks, I will show how people who are suicidal are not acting on their own point of view but rather are driven by these internalized voices instructing them toward their ultimate destruction. My father, psychologist Robert Firestone, initially made the link between suicide and the inner voice in 1986 after interviewing a young woman who had recently…

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Addressing Suicide Risk in Trying Times

…otice of someone suffering. I highly recommend everyone visit the National Suicide Prevention Lifeline’s #Bethe1to campaign, which teaches people the five simple steps they can take to help someone who may be suicidal. This is part of an effective, coordinated strategy embraced by researchers and experts in the field of suicidology. Learning these steps can make a person more confident to reach out to someone in trouble and can, ultimately, save a…

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Busting the Myths About Suicide

…Related Articles: Coping Suggestions for the Suicidal Person Helper Tasks – How You Can Help Someone Who’s Suicidal Suicide: The Warning Signs Suicide: How You Can Help Someone at Risk…

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