title: Suicide prevention through stories of hope.
abstract: A challenge in preventing suicide is to provide a person hope so that she or he can see that suicide is not the only way out. Narratives or stories from varied sources can be a helpful tool to assist patients in putting a confusing or frightening reality into some sort of framework. Whatever one's theological preference, biblical narratives can place untenable events into a positive, hopeful mental framework, helping people make structure and sense out of seeming chaos.
authors.affiliation: Department of Psychiatry, University of Illinois, Chicago College of Medicine, USA.
authors.forename: Elizabeth
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Jones
mesh_terms: D002835:Christianity / Q000523:psychology*; D006801:Humans; D033262:Narration; D011568:Psychiatric Nursing / Q000379:methods*; D012944:Social Support; D013405:Suicide / Q000523:psychology*; D000092864:Suicide Prevention