As a volunteer or paid helpline worker, we all endeavour to improve our work on the lines. Whether you have 100 or 1000 hours on your helpline there will always be things you can learn and strategies that you can apply to better connect with callers. Listed below are a few strategies you can implement…
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The Nurses’ Global Assessment of Suicide Risk (NGASR)
New! This article has been updated August 9, 2016 to include more information about the scoring and links to useful tools to accompany. The Nurses’ Global Assessment of Suicide Risk (NGASR) is a tool that nurses can utilize to assess for suicide risk in a clinical, inpatient environment. The tool was originally developed to assist…
Review of LivingWorks suicideCare Seminar
The LivingWorks suicideCare course is a one day training focused on advanced suicide risk and case management. According to LivingWorks, the following learning outcomes are expected: Building on the principles and practice of suicide first aid Understanding helper issues associated with ongoing care; and Demonstrating a working knowledge of intervention strategies The training identifies a…
How to Respond to Suicide Threats on Social Media
As social media finds a greater and greater importance and significance in our lives, it’s important that we get better at responding to suicidal threats that appear on social media sites like Twitter, Tumblr and Facebook. Failures To Respond There have been a number of situations where a failure to respond appropriately (or simply an…
My Friend Is Suicidal – What Do I Do?
If you’re reading this, than you may have a friend who has said that they’re feeling suicidal, or who you think might be feeling this way. This can be a very scary place to find yourself. When we think our friends are in danger, it can bring up a lot of very strong feelings, including:…