Talking to your young person about suicidal distress
Annette Beautrais Suicidologist discusses suicide with a parent. Annette explains how to respond when a child says I want to kill myself. She also explains how to respond when the child says I don’t want to talk about it. She notes that talking while walking or driving is a good way to communicate with a young person. Annette notes that there are lots of organisations to call – links to these are included as resources with the video.
Resources
1737, Need to talk? Free call or text 1737 to talk to a trained counsellor.
Anxiety New Zealand https://anxiety.org.nz/ 0800 ANXIETY (0800 269 4389)
Depression https://www.depression.org.nz/ 0800 111 757 or text 4202
Lifeline https://www.lifeline.org.nz/services/suicide-crisis-helpline/ 0800 543 354
Suicide Crisis Helpline 0508 828 865 (0508 TAUTOKO)
Yellow Brick Road https://yellowbrickroad.org.nz/ 0800 732 825
The Low Downhttps://www.thelowdown.co.nz/ Web chat, email chat or free text 5626
What’s Up https://whatsup.co.nz/ 0800 942 8787 (for 5 to 18-year-olds). Phone counselling available Monday-Friday, noon-11pm and weekends, 3pm-11pm. Online chat is available 3pm-10pm daily.
Youth line https://www.youthline.co.nz/ 0800 376 633, free text 234, email talk@youthline.co.nz,
If it is an emergency, contact your local crisis assessment team.
In a life-threatening situation, call 111.