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What Would You Say to the Person on the Roof? A Suicide Prevention Text
Author(s) -
Omer Haim,
Elitzur Avshalom C.
Publication year - 2001
Publication title -
suicide and life‐threatening behavior
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.544
H-Index - 90
eISSN - 1943-278X
pISSN - 0363-0234
DOI - 10.1521/suli.31.2.129.21509
Subject(s) - psychology , medicine , psychiatry
This anti‐suicide text provides potential helpers (professional and lay) with clear guidelines for communicating with a declared suicidal person, particularly in real‐time situations, when time is crucial and the act cannot be physically prevented. The text also may have a preventative effect when diffused to the public as an anonymous address to potential suicides.