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Not everyone who thinks about suicide will tell someone and there are some people who give no indication at all of their intention. However, there are warning signs that we can all look out for. These include if a person is:
· Talking or writing about death, dying or suicide.
· Actively looking for ways to kill themselves.
· Talking about feeling hopeless or having no reason to live.
· Talking about being a burden to others.
· Talking about feeling trapped or in unbearable pain.
· Increasing their use of alcohol or drugs.
· Suddenly very much ‘recovered’ after a period of depression.
· Visiting or calling people unexpectedly to say goodbye either directly or indirectly.
· Making arrangements; setting their affairs in order.
· Giving things away, such as prized possessions.
The STOP Suicide website has lots of information on what to do if you are worried about someone or you need help yourself.
You can also visit the Zero Suicide Alliance website and complete a 20 minute suicide prevention course which can give you some extremely helpful information on how you can talk to someone who may be feeling suicidal along with some helpful resources.
There is also lots of support for people who are struggling with bereavement through suicide. Below are lots of services, helplines, groups and books that offer lots of help and advice:
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HELPLINES
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ORGANIZATION
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SERVICE
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TIME
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TELEPHONE
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CPFT
1st Response
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Supports people experiencing a mental health crisis. Mental health care, advice, support and treatment.
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24-hour access,
7 days a week
365 days a year
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Call 111
Select:Option 2
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Lifeline
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Free, confidential and anonymous telephone; provides listening support and information to someone experiencing mental distress or for people who are supporting someone in distress.
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7.00pm – 11.00pm
365 days of the year
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FREEPHONE
0808 808 2121
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Samaritans
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Offer a safe place for you to talk any time you like, in your own way – about whatever’s getting to you. You don’t have to be suicidal.
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10:30am - 10:00pm
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FREEPHONE
116 123
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Winston’s Wish
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For children. Giving hope to grieving children. With the right support at the right time, a child can face the future with confidence and hope.
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Mon – Fri 9am -5pm
Except bank holidays
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FREEPHONE
08088 020 021
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Childline
Helpline
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For children and young people in the UK.
You can talk to us about anything. No problem is too big or too small. However you choose to contact us, you're in control. It’s confidential and you don’t have to give your name if you don’t want to. The number won't show up on your phone bill.
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24 hours per day
everyday
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FREEPHONE
0800 1111
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Papyrus
HOPE Line UK
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For children, teenagers and young people up to 35. National Confidential Helpline. If you are a young person at risk of suicide or are worried about a young person at risk of suicide
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Mon-Fri 10 – 10
W/E 2:pm - 10pm
Bank Holidays
2pm - 5pm
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FREEPHONE
0800 068 41 41
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CALM
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For men. The Campaign Against Living Miserably (CALM) is dedicated to preventing male suicide, the single biggest killer of men under 45 in the UK.
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5pm – Midnight
365 Days per year
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FREEPHONE
Nationwide
0800 58 58 58
London
0808 802 5858
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Support Line
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For everyone. Provides emotional support and details of support groups, helplines, agencies and counsellors throughout the UK
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Helpline:
01708 765200
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Cruse
National Helpline
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Staffed by trained bereavement volunteers, who offer emotional support to anyone affected by bereavement. To help you talk things through, or signpost you to your local Cruse service and other sources of information.
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Monday-Friday 9.30-5pm (excluding bank holidays) Tues, Wed &Thursday 9.30am – 8pm
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FREEPHONE
0808 808 1677
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Maytree
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A sanctuary, supporting people in suicidal crisis in a non-medical setting. Free 4-night/5-day stay, and the opportunity to be befriended and heard in complete confidence, without judgement and with compassion.
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24 hours a day, 365 days a year.
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020 7263 7070
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LOCAL GROUPS
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ORGANIZATION
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SERVICE
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TIME
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TELEPHONE
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Lifecraft
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Suicide Bereavement Support Service. Contact point for family and friends for support and information on bereavement by suicide.
Email: Fiona@lifecraft.org.uk
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10 – 5pm
Monday to Friday
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01223 566957
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Mind Cambridgeshire & Peterborough
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A range of services to support those recovering from mental health challenges.
Email:
enquiries@cpslmind.org.uk
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Cambridge
Peterborough
St, Neots
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01223 311320
01733 362990
01480 470480
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Cruse
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Bereavement care with a helpline to talk to someone about bereavement.
Email: cambridge@cruse.org.uk
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9.30am - 1.30pm
Monday to Friday
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01223 633536
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NHS Cambridge & Peterborough
Foundation Trust
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Suicide bereavement support group. Warm welcome assured, contact Jane Pope (07973 8835110 or Mary Hanna (07887 655713).
Email: chaplaincyteam@cpft.hns.uk
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6pm – 7.30
Monday monthly
Peterborough
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01733 776080
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Compassionate Friends
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Support group for parents bereaved through suicide.
Email: p.wilson34@ntlworld.com
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7.30 – 9.30 Cambridge 1st Tues of each month
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Rosemary Wilson
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WEB SITES
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ORGANIZATION
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SERVICE
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Hub of Hope
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A place to go to for those who are struggling, to locate the nearest service available to you, as well as national organisations. A web based app makes it as easy as possible for people to find help and support around them. Simply enter the post code and search.
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Support After Suicide
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For everyone. We are a network of organisations who support people who are affected by suicide.
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If U Care Share
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IUCSF offers the opportunity to speak to other people who have life experience around suicide. We offer 1 to 1 practical and emotional support. We are also available to offer practical advice on the procedures that take place when there is a death by suicide. Helpline: 0191 387 5661
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Bereavement UK
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We aim to provide you with bereavement support and information when you need it the site is available at your fingertips.
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Students Against Depression
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Students Against Depression provides you with the resources you need to find a way forward from stress, low mood, depression or suicidal thinking.
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The Way Foundation
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For men and women aged 50 or under when their partner died. It’s a peer-to-peer support group run by a network of volunteers who have been bereaved at a young age themselves
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NHS Choices
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For everyone. It may be difficult at this time, but it's important to know you're not beyond help and you're not alone. Many people who've had suicidal thoughts have found with support and treatment they have been able to allow the negative feelings to pass.
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CHUMS
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CHUMS Mental Health & Emotional Wellbeing Service for Children and Young People provides therapeutic support in a variety of ways.
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Alliance of Hope
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For Suicide Loss Survivors provides healing support for people coping with the shock, excruciating grief and complex emotions that accompany the loss of a loved one to suicide.
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Keep Your Head
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Keep Your Head brings together reliable information on mental health and wellbeing for children, young people and adults across Cambridgeshire & Peterborough.
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BOOKS AND LITERATURE
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AUTHOR & PUBLISHER
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TITLE
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Adele Ryan McDowell, Whiteflower Press
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Making Peace with Suicide: A Book of Hope, Understanding, and Comfort
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Ann Smolin, Simon & Schuster
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Healing After the Suicide of a Love One
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Ann Smolin, Simon & Schuster
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Healing After the Suicide of a Relative
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Alison Wertheimer, Taylor & Francis Ltd
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A Special Scar: The Experiences Of People Bereaved By Suicide
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Carla Fine, Bantam Doubleday Dell
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No Time to Say Goodbye
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Cobain & Larch, Simon & Schuster
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Dying to Be Free: A Healing Guide for Families After a Suicide
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Edwin S Shneidman, Oxford University Press
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Making Peace with Suicide: A Book of Hope, Understanding, and Comfort
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Lukas & Seidon, Jessica Kingsley
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Silent Grief: Living in the Wake of Suicide
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Myers & Fine, Jessica Kingsley
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Touched by Suicide: Hope and Healing After Loss
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General Grief
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Boydell,K (2005), London Vermilion
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Death and how to survive it. A practical and uplifting guide to coming to terms with the loss of your partner.
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Ginsburg, GD (1997), Tuscon AZ: Fisher Books
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Widow to Widow. Thoughtful, Practical ideas for Rebuilding Your life.
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Munday J S (2005), Skokie IL : ACTA Publications
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Overcoming Grief: Joining and Participating in a Bereavement Support Group.
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Noel &Blair PA (2008), Naperville IL Sourcebooks
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I Wasn’t Ready to Say Goodbye.
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Hartley Jill (2008), Morleys Print and Publishing
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My True Son An anthology.
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Hartley Gill. ( 2011), Morleys Print and Publishing
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Aspects of Loss. A companion for Bereaved Parents and their families.
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*Some information gathered from www.nhs.uk and the services listed.