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Suicide Prevention Training & Support Programs in Southwest Ohio
What is Suicide?
Suicide is a serious public health problem that causes immeasurable pain, suffering, and loss to individuals, families, and communities worldwide. Causes of suicide are complex, stemming from a combination of factors including mental illness, substance abuse, painful losses, exposure to violence, and social isolation.
What Does Suicide Prevention Do?
Suicide prevention efforts seek to reduce factors that increase the risk for suicidal thoughts and behaviors, and in turn increase the factors that help strengthen, support, and protect individuals from suicide. Ideally, these efforts address individual, relationship, community, and societal factors while promoting hope, lowering barriers to services, encouraging connectedness, and reducing stigma.
What are the Goals of the Suicide Prevention & Support Program?
Goals of Suicide Prevention include:
- Reducing the number of suicides
- Reducing stigma about mental illness and addiction
- Increasing bystander intervention
- Increasing utilization of warmlines, for non-crisis support, and hotlines for crises
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How To Help Someone Who Is Suicidal:
If you believe someone you know may be thinking about suicide, call 988 if the danger for self-harm seems imminent. Stay with and listen to the person until you can get further help, and call (or text) the Butler County Crisis Helpline at 1-844-4-CRISIS to follow their guidance or connect someone in need 24/7/365.
