Some information from stopasuicide.org
QUICK FACTS
- 70% of people who die by suicide tell someone about it in advance, and most are not in treatment.
- Those who have made serious attempts are at much higher risk for actually taking their lives. Between 20 and 40% of people who kill themselves have previously attempted suicide.
- Nearly 50% of suicide victims have a positive blood alcohol level.
- Although most depressed people are not suicidal, most suicidal people are depressed.
- Serious depression can be manifested in obvious sadness, but often is expressed instead as a loss of pleasure or withdrawal from activities that were once enjoyable.
- Sometimes those contemplating suicide talk as if they are saying goodbye or going away forever.
RESOURCES AND OTHER FACT SHEETS
- Suicide Prevention Action Network (SPAN USA) provides "facts on suicide"
- Depression and Bipolar Support Alliance's (DBSA) suicide prevention facts and strategies, and information ondepression and bipolar disorder
- About Depression & Suicide, from the National Hopeline Network
- American Association of Suicidology (AAS) fact sheets, including versions in Spanish
- Facts on suicide in special populations, and facts on depression from the American Foundation for Suicide Prevention (AFSP)
- United States suicide statistics from the American Association of Suicidology (AAS)
Click below for a list of Risk and Protective factors:
Someone to call:
National Suicide Prevention Lifeline: 1-800-273-TALK
Whitebird (Eugene, OR) 1-800-422-7558
Child and Adolescent Crisis Response Program (Lane County OR) 1-888-989-9990
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