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Suicidal Thoughts: What to do
• In an emergency dial: 1-800-784-2433

Help is available, depression is treatable, and
suicidal feelings are temporary.

If you have thoughts of suicide, these options are available to you.
• Call 1-800-273-TALK
• Check yourself into the emergency room
• Tell someone who can help you find help immediately.

Most people can be treated with a combination of antidepressant medication and psychotherapy.
A suicidal person urgently needs to see a doctor or psychiatrist.

Warning Signs of Suicide
• Talking about suicide.
• Statements about hopelessness, helplessness, or worthlessness.
• Preoccupation with death.
• Suddenly happier, calmer.
• Loss of interest in things one cares about.
• Visiting or calling people one cares about.
• Making arrangements; setting one's affairs in order.
• Giving things away.

A suicidal person urgently needs to see a doctor or psychiatrist.

Fast Facts
•More people die from suicide than from homicide.
•Suicide rates among the elderly are highest for those who are divorced or widowed.
•For young people 15-24 years old, suicide is the third leading cause of death.
•80% of people that seek treatment for depression are treated successfully.

http://www.save.org/
In an emergency dial: 1-800-784-2433