Who should do ASIST?

Applied Suicide Intervention Skills Training

More than 400,000 people worldwide have already been trained to use ASIST. No one keeps any records of how many potential suicides did not happen. How can they be counted? They can"t. "Suicide Strategies" can only keep accurate records of who does it, where they do it, when they do it, why they do it and how they do it. They don"t actually prevent suicides from happening.

But you can. If you attend an ASIST course, you will be more ready, willing and able to recognise and reach out to a suicidal person and possibly save a life - and they will not then become one of these statistics.

Everyone should do ASIST because (they) you might be the only person a suicidal person trusts and chooses to talk with, or you might just be the last person they see before they finally decide to "do it". Most "suicides" are not previously known to mental health services. All you need is to care.

Anyone working/volunteering and therefore regularly in contact with groups of "more vulnerable" people should especially do ASIST, as vulnerable people are more at risk of deciding to end their difficult life.

ASIST is a "first aid" course that will equip anyone with the skills to intervene and save a life. The benefit lives on.

ASIST is suitable for anyone from 16 years old

This list is not exhaustive but the following list indicates the categories of workers and volunteers who have and will continue to benefit from attending our ASIST training workshops: