Risk Factors
- Previous suicide attempts
- Mental Illness and / or Substance abuse
- Recent loss ( job or loved one)
- Access to lethal means
- Health concerns
Direct verbal cues Indirect verbal cues
• I’m going to kill myself • My family (or you) would be better off without me
• I wish I were dead • Nobody needs me
• I don’t want to be alive • You won’t have to be around me much longer
Immediate danger
signs – Call 9-1-1 or Access and crisis
Line 1-888-724-7240
- Threatening to kill self
- Seeking firearms , pills, or other lethal means
Warning signs
- Marked personality change
- Withdrawing from Friends, family and society
- Frequent complaints about physical symptoms
- Paying off debts/ getting affairs in order
- Unable to sleep or sleeps all the time
- Unusual neglect of personal appearance
- Increasing alcohol or drug use
- Dramatic mood change( suddenly very calm)
- Anxiety, agitation. Uncontrolled anger
What to do
- Don’t leave the person alone, Stay with them until help arrives or they are safely at a mental health provider office
- Remove firearms ,drugs, alcohol or sharp objects that could he used in an attempt
- For life threatening emergencies or immediate response call 9-1-1
- Contact the Access and Crisis Line at 888-724-7240 or 988
