What would you say to the person on the roof? A suicide prevention text.
This anti-suicide text provides potential helpers (professional and lay) with clear guidelines for communicating with a declared suicidal person, particularly in real-time situations, when time is crucial and the act cannot be physically prevented. The text also may have a preventative effect when diffused to the public as an anonymous address to potential suicides.
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Department of Psychology, Tel-Aviv University, Israel. omer1@post.tau.ac.il
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D003142:Communication; D003419:Crisis Intervention; D004645:Empathy; D006801:Humans; D010348:Patient Care Team; D010565:Persuasive Communication; D013405:Suicide / Q000523:psychology; D000092864:Suicide Prevention