Posted by Cort Johnson Discuss this article on the forums Written by Cort Check out the International Suicide Prevention Website for detailed information on European sites. AUSTRIA Telefonseelsorge Notruf Tel: (00 43) 142 Services: Telephone and Email Website: https://www.telefonseelsorge.at BELGIUM Telephone support Tele-Onthaal Tel: 106 Website: https://www.tele-onthaal.be Tele-Accueil Tel: 107 Website: https://www.tele-accueil.be Suicide prevention De Zelfmoordlijn Centrum ter Preventie van
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Posted by Cort Johnson Discuss this article on the forums Written by Cort Check out the International Suicide Prevention Website for detailed information on United Kingdom sites. UNITED KINGDOM Samaritans Tel: 08457 90 90 90 (National number charged at local call rates) To find a local center in the UK, you can click here Minicom/textphone: 08457 90 91 92 Provides
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Posted by Cort Johnson Discuss this article on the forums Written by Cort USA The National Suicide Prevention Lifeline’s (NSPL) – is the central Suicide Prevention site in the US. It’s mission is to provide immediate assistance to individuals in suicidal crisis by connecting them to the nearest available suicide prevention and mental health service provider through a toll-free telephone
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Posted by Cort Johnson Discuss this article on the forums Written by Cort Australia-wide Lifeline – [URL=”https://www.lifeline.org.au%20-%2024/”]https://www.lifeline.org.au[/URL] – 24 hrs – 13 11 14 – usually the cost of a local call Suicide Callback Service – https://www.suicidecallbackservice.org.au/ – 1300 659 467 – anywhere in Australia at the cost of a local call. Crisis Support Chat – https://www.lifeline.org.au/Find-Help/Online-Services/crisis-chat/default.aspx Local Perth The
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Posted by Cort Johnson Discuss this article on the forums What You Can Do (from the CFIDS Association of America https://www.cfids.org/resources/long-…ts-suicide.asp) Listen. It is vitally important that people in an emotional crisis have someone who will listen and really hear what they are saying. Try to establish a connection with the feelings beneath the words. Ask about suicide. Be up-front.
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Posted by Cort Johnson Discuss this article on the forums Suicide and Depression: Q & AFrom SAVE (Suicide Awareness: Voices of Education) – https://www.save.org/index.cfm?fuseaction=home.viewPage&page_id=705C8CB8-9321-F1BD-867E811B1B404C94 Why do people kill themselves? Unfortunately, there is no simple answer to this question. People die by suicide for a number of reasons.However, the majority of the people who take their lives (estimated at 90%)were suffering
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Posted by Cort Johnson Discuss this article on the forums Studies Only one study has been done on the rates of suicide in ME/CFS. A University of Washington study following 1201 patients found that suicide rates in ‘chronically fatigued’ patients were eight times higher than norms. Suicide rates in people who met the Fukuda definition of CFSwere normal. This study
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Posted by Cort Johnson Discuss this article on the forums A Suicide Crisis is usually a time-limited event which a person can be rescued from if they get appropriate care. The signs that someone may be in a Suicide Crisis are: Precipitating Event –A recent event that is particularly distressing such as loss of loved one or career failure. Sometimes
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Posted by Cort Johnson In this three part series we looked at the Light’s exciting work on ME/CFS. First – we looked at the Light’s attempt to validate their gene expression findings, then we examined what they believe may be ground zero for CFS, and finally we brought their findings together with a theory paper by Shapiro which asserted that
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In this three part series we look at the Light’s exciting work at the University of Utah on ME/CFS. First – we look at the Light’s attempt to validate their gene expression findings, then we examine what they believe may be ground zero for ME/CFS, and finally we tie together their findings with a theory paper by Shapiro suggesting that
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