Suicide

Suicidal?
Need Help Now?
Call 911

or
1-800-SUICIDE
(1-800-784-2433)
or
1-800-273-TALK
(1-800-273-8255)
or 
Text Telephone:
1-800-799-4TTY
(1-800-799-4889)

Military Veterans
Suicide Hotline:
1-800-273-TALK
(Press 1)

Suicide Hotline 
in Spanish:
1-800-273-TALK
(Press 2)

LGBT Youth
Suicide Hotline:
1-866-4-U-TREVOR

VT Crisis Text Line
Text ‘VT’ to 741741

Common Cognitions (State of Mind)

  • I am hopeless
  • I feel helpless
  • I am alone, experience loneliness (breaking all connections with others)
  • I am a failure
  • I am a burden to my family

* This is a brief list of some of the ways that people see themselves and view the world around them when they are contemplating committing suicide or actively suicidal. Please seek immediate help when you notice changes in an individual and these beliefs are present.

Suicide Prevention Resources

Speaking of Suicide

www.speakingofsuicide.com

National Foundation for Suicide Prevention

www.afsp.org

Mental Health America – Suicide Prevention

www.mentalhealthamerica.net

National Suicide Prevention Lifeline

www.suicidepreventionlifeline.org

Suicide Prevention Resource Center

www.sprc.org

Vermont Suicide Prevention Center  

www.vtspc.org

Department of Mental Health – Vermont

www.mentalhealth.vermont.gov

Videos

Teen Suicide Prevention – Mayo Clinic

www.youtube.com/watch?v=3BByqa7bhto

Our Youth and Suicide Six Person Scene

www.vimeo.com

*Please note we are unable to determine the quality of care provided by each listing, and cannot vouch for or guarantee the services. Use this list as a starting point to find the specific programs and resources to fit your individual needs and treatment goals.