San Francisco Suicide Prevention

HOME – Slide #4

admin — Mon, 10 May 2010 17:47:59 +0000

You are not alone. We want to help.

Someone from their organization came out to our office and gave a class about how to prevent suicide. It turns out you can learn suicide prevention just like you can learn CPR. More people should know this.

HOME – Slide #3

admin — Mon, 10 May 2010 17:47:38 +0000

You are not alone. We want to help.

As much as I want to put in some time helping people directly, I’m just too busy. So I make a donation once in awhile. I feel a lot of the same thrill that the volunteers do, I think — that I have helped to save a life somehow.

HOME – Slide #2

admin — Mon, 10 May 2010 17:46:33 +0000

You are not alone. We want to help.

As a volunteer I’ve been able to gain skills and strengths I never knew I could have. And I’ve used them in the most life-changing ways. The whole experience has made me feel strong and important.

HOME – Slide #1

admin — Mon, 10 May 2010 17:45:59 +0000

You are not alone. We want to help.

What we do here is magic — we find a spark of hope and we blow on it until it becomes warm enough to get a person through another day. Just enough for the pain to get better.

Home – Initial Slide

admin — Mon, 10 May 2010 17:45:17 +0000

You are not alone. We want to help.

San Francisco Suicide Prevention (SFSP) is open 24 hours a day because every minute counts. Our programs help people who are having suicide thoughts because they are overwhelmed by pain.

“Suicide is about emotional pain. Pain can be managed and relieved. That’s what we do here.”

HOME – Crisis Lines

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CHAT HOURS 11 A.M. – 11 P.M. Monday – Friday

24 HOUR HOTLINES

24 Hour Crisis Line: (415) 781-0500
HIV Nightline: (415) 434-AIDS or 1-800-273-AIDS
Linea de Apoyo: (415) 989-5212 or 1-800-303-7432
Drug Information Line: (415) 362-3400
Relapse Line: (415) 834-1144
TTY: (415) 227-0245

HOME – Middle Column

admin — Mon, 10 May 2010 15:53:00 +0000

Volunteer & Intern With Us

Volunteering with San Francisco Suicide Prevention is the chance of a lifetime to gain life-saving skills that can be used everywhere anytime. It is also a thrilling opportunity to be the person who pulls someone through a crisis through the wonder of your own selflessness. Read more.

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Now what should I do? Primary care physicians’ responses to older adults expressing thoughts of suicide

Primary care visits are an important opportunity for detecting and responding to suicide risk among older adults. However, a research project revealed that primary care physicians who recognize suicide risk among older adult patients are often unable to effectively address this risk. Read more

Survey

Have you ever used San Francisco Suicide Prevention’s services? Please take our Client Satisfaction Survey.

Help is available on San Francisco Suicide Prevention’s Crisis Lines, by chat through www.sfsuicide.org, or from the National Suicide Prevention Lifeline at 1-800-273-8255 and suicidepreventionlifeline.org.

What’s New

admin — Mon, 10 May 2010 15:36:26 +0000

The first suicide hotline in the United States consisted of one man with one phone in one room in San Francisco.

The man was Bernard Mayes, and he’d placed cardboard ads on Muni buses: “Thinking of ending it all? Call Bruce, PR1-0450, San Francisco Suicide Prevention.” Then Mayes, working under a pseudonym, curled up on the one couch wondering whether the phone would ring.

FOR PARENTS: HELPING YOUR CHILD THROUGH DEPRESSION

San Francisco Suicide Prevention has just published some helpful tips on how to talk to your child about suicide and depression.

Click here for more information

Listen to our podcast on KABLX!

KBLX produces Bayview, a Public Affairs show which airs on Sundays 5:30-6:00am. You can hear our podcast by clicking on this link: SFSP podcast