What would you say to the person on the roof? A suicide prevention text
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1Department of Psychology, Tel-Aviv University, Israel. omer1@post.tau.ac.il
Abstract:
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.
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