Call your local mental health crisis assessment team or go with the person to the emergency department (ED) at your nearest hospital.
Try to stay calm and let them know you care.
Keep them talking and make sure you are safe.
Do not leave them alone.
Stay with them until other support arrives.
Remove any obvious means of suicide they might use.
Having suicidal thoughts can be overwhelming and sometimes terrifying.
It can be really hard to know what to do and how to cope.
Suicidal ideation, also known as suicidal thoughts, is thinking about, or an unusual preoccupation with suicide.
The range of suicidal ideation varies greatly from fleeting thoughts to extensive thoughts, to detailed planning.
Most people who have suicidal thoughts do not go on to make suicide attempts, but suicidal thoughts are considered a risk factor.
If you are worried someone might be thinking about suicide, do not be afraid to ask them directly.
Most people thinking about taking their life will try to let someone know, but they often won’t say this directly.
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