Applied Suicide Intervention Skills Training
5184 people die in England each year "by their own hand". Some of them really do intend to die for good reason and this choice must be respected, but most of them die needlessly, just because, at that time in their life, their own death becomes an option that seems, to them, to be the only option and this can happen for a myriad of different reasons.
Many more people are left to live on. Their lives are also permanently affected by a suicide - wishing they could have only realised - said or done, something to have prevented an avoidable death happening.
Mothers and fathers, sisters and brothers, sons and daughters, husbands and wives, lovers, friends, relatives, neighbours and colleagues - and the whole community - are affected when someone dies from suicide, because they could not see a way of living their life and because no one either "saw the signs" or if they did - knew how to help them. It"s still hard to talk about suicide.
Yet before a suicide occurs, there are always a number of recognised "risk" indicators present - and the person considering suicide usually indicates their suicidal feelings to at least someone.
That "someone" could easily be you and if you know what to do - the benefit lives on.
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