Re:Suicide trends in the early months of the Covid-19 pandemic
by 1123581321 on Tuesday April 13, 2021 @08:07PM
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If I don’t ask this well, please be kind. Are you saying there is evidence hotlines back people off of dangerous levels of intent, or that there is evidence they play some role in dismantling the means—convincing to remove weapons and pills, for example, so that the strong suicidal desire is less likely to lead to action? Either way it’s good news.
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Re:Suicide trends in the early months of the Covid-19 pandemic
by neetle on Tuesday April 13, 2021 @09:33PM
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From my initial readings I _believe_ it's the backing out of intent. "Making action plans" and "provision of referrals" has also been mentioned so it could be both! I'm only looking at the lit reviews at the moment though.
In my experience, the "talking off the ledge" was always the most important part in the moment. I found that the follow up from someone who knows what they're doing helped keep me away from the ledge too.
I feel like a lot more work could be done in this area, but I'm not in psych and I wouldn't know where to contribute.