In Episode 3, your hosts discuss the suicide epidemic, what that means, and how we can help.

Episode Notes

https://suicidepreventionlifeline.org/

https://afsp.org/about-suicide/suicide-statistics/

https://afsp.org/our-work/advocacy/action-center/#/bills

United States: 1-800-784-2433 (1-800-SUICIDE)

United States (en Espanol): 1-800-SUICIDA

United States-veterans 1-800-273-8255, Veterans Press 1

Europe Wide: 116 123 (free from any number)

Australia: 13 11 14 '

Belgium: 02 649 95 55

Brasil: 141

Canada: 1-800-273-8255

Deutschland: 0800 1110 111

Denmark: 70 20 12 01, livslinien.dk or Skrivdet.dk

France: 01 40 09 15 22

Greece: 1018 or 801 801 99 99

Iceland: 1717

India: 91-44-2464005 0 or 022-27546669

Ireland: ROI - local rate: 1850 60 90 90 ROI - minicom: 1850 60 90 91

Israel: 1201

Italia: 800 86 00 22

Malta: 179

Japan 03-3264-4343

Netherlands: 0900 1130113

New Zealand: 0800 543 354

Nippon: 3 5286 9090

Norway: 815 33 300

Osterreich: 116 123

Serbia: 0800 300 303 or 021 6623 393; Online chat: http://www.centarsrce.org/index.php/kontakt

South Africa: LifeLine- 0861 322 322; Suicide Crisis Line- 0800 567 567

Sverige: 020 22 00 60

Switzerland: 143 UK: 08457 90 90 90 or text 07725909090 or email jo@samaritans.org

Uruguay: 7pm to 11 pm – Landlines 0800 84 83 (FREE) 2400 84 83 24/7 – Cell phone lines 095 738 483 *8483

What Can We Do

No Time Commitment:

• Support Legislation
• Talk to your friends
• Possibly talk to your friends in a different way

One Hour Per Month

• Write to or email your representatives to ask them to support legislation

One Hour Per Week (or More)

• Volunteer as a field advocate for suicide prevention
• Volunteer with the suicide prevention lifeline

Footnotes

Splinter News: Study Finds an Easy Way to Save Kids' Lives

Business Insider: Lonely, burned out, and depressed: The state of millennials' mental health entering the 2020s]

Wikipedia: Suicide in the United States

Wikipedia: Gender Differences in Suicide

Pew Research: A Growing Number of American Teenagers, Particularly Girls, are Facing Depression

AFSP: Suicide Statistics

CDC: Vital Signs: Trends in Suicide Rates

VeryWellMind: Men and Suicide

VeryWellMind: Suicide Rates Overstated in People With Depression

WHO: Suicide Prevention