Resources available for suicide awareness, coping and prevention

September is National Suicide Awareness Month, and it's important to be aware of the complex issues surrounding suicide. WTIP’s Veronica Weadock spoke with Grace Bushard of Cook County Public Health and Human Services about suicide awareness, coping and prevention.

The second audio link is  further discussion of QPR, a prevention technique that PHHS hopes to train more people in in the near future.

For more information, contact Grace Bushard, Social Services Supervisor at 387-3624.

The articles Grace referenced at the beginning of the discussion were from the September 6th edition of the Cook County News-Herald. 

Other resources available:

National Suicide Prevention Lifeline at 1-800-273-TALK ; that’s 1-800-273-8255, available 24 hours a day, 7 days a week. The service is available to anyone; and all calls are confidential.

http://txt4life.org/ - Support for individuals via text message; focus on youth – anyone can use.

http://sprc.org  - Suicide Prevention Resource Center – information and resources; not a crisis phone line.

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