Suicide crisis lines can be found in many countries worldwide. Many are geared to a general audience while others are specific to a select demographic such as LGBT youth, Native American and Aboriginal Canadian youth. There have been studies in the United States[1] and Australia[2] which show that suicide crisis lines may help people who feel like killing or hurting themselves and may make them feel better. One of the first suicide crisis lines was the Samaritans, founded in the United Kingdom in 1953 by the Rev. Chad Varah, the then Rector of the former St. Stephen's Church in London. He decided to start a 'listening service' after reading a sermon at the grave of a 13-year-old girl who had committed suicide. She was in distress prior to her death and had no one to talk to.[3]
Crisis lines by country
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Bangladesh |
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Barbados |
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Canada |
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China |
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Hong Kong |
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Ireland |
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Liberia |
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Mauritius |
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Singapore |
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United Kingdom |
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References
- ^ Gould MS, Kalafat J, Harrismunfakh JL, et al. An evaluation of crisis hotline outcomes. Part 2: Suicidal callers. Suicide Life Threat Behav. 2007 Jun;37(3):338-52. PMID 1757954
- ^ King R, Nurcombe B, Bickman L, Hides L, et al. Telephone counselling for adolescent suicide prevention: changes in suicidality and mental state from beginning to end of a counselling session. Suicide Life Threat Behav. 2003 Winter;33(4):400-11. PMID 14695055
- ^ "Press Release: The Life and Work of Chad Varah". Archived from the original on 9 February 2012.
- ^ Watson, Robert J.; McDonald, John; Pearce, Dora C. (1 November 2006). "An exploration of national calls to Lifeline Australia: social support or urgent suicide intervention?". British Journal of Guidance & Counselling. 34 (4): 471–482. doi:10.1080/03069880600942582. ISSN 0306-9885.
- ^ Afrin, Afrin (22 January 2014). "Talk share unburden". Dhaka Tribune.
- ^ Nathalie Sturgeon (19 November 2018). "Kids Help Phone launches nationwide texting program for youth in crisis". CBC News.
- ^ "More Teens call SOS about Mental Health Problems". Straits Times. 2 November 2016.
- ^ Kash Cheong (18 October 2014). "Now, Anyone Can Call the Insititute of Mental Health Helpline, 24/7". Straits Times.
- ^ Janice Tai (5 October 2015). "Calls to Mental Health Hotline Surge by 70%". Straits Times.
- ^ "Money woe calls to Samaritans double". BBC. 19 December 2011.
- ^ "List of suicide crisis lines, registered charity no. 1110621". Charity Commission for England and Wales.
- ^ "Health Promotion/CALM". web.archive.org. 5 October 2002.
- ^ Hoffman, Jan (23 February 2012). "Trying to Find a Cry of Desperation Amid the Facebook Drama". The New York Times. Retrieved 2 February 2017.
- ^ Johnson, Jenna (15 November 2010). "Feeling depressed? Say something. Worried about a friend? Say something". Washington Post. Retrieved 2 February 2017.
- ^ "About". suicidepreventionlifeline.org. Retrieved 20 October 2017.
- ^ "National Suicide Prevention Lifeline". chat.suicidepreventionlifeline.org. Retrieved 13 April 2017.
- ^ Hempel, Jessi (29 May 2015). "Texts From Teens Build Real-Time Maps of Crisis in America". Wired.
- ^ "Campaign Offers Help to Gay Youths". The New York Times. 19 October 2010.