General Information
Immediate help
If you or someone you know is contemplating suicide:
1-800-784-2433
En Espanol
1-877-sui-cida
Or visit:
www.hopeline.com
To find a National Mental Health affiliate in your area visit:
http://www.nmha.org/
Other resources:
"To most of those who have experienced it, the horror of depression is so overwhelming as to be quite beyond expression. . . if depression had no termination, then suicide would, indeed, be the only remedy. But. . . depression is not the soul's annihilation; men and women who have recovered from the disease-and they are countless-bear witness to what is probably its only saving grace: it is conquerable."
– William Styron
Fact sheets that identify warning signs, provide suggestions for action, and list resources for suicide:
Understanding and Helping the Suicidal Person
American Association of Suicidology
http://www.healthyplace.com/communities/depression/related/suicide.asp
More information on teens, depression, and suicide, visit:
http://www.nmha.org/infoctr/factsheets/82.cfm
If a friend or relative is suicidal visit:
http://www.nmha.org/infoctr/factsheets/81.cfm
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