Suicide Awareness

It affects all of us ...

Suicide is a universal human concern. People who die by suicide come from a diverse range of backgrounds. Death by suicide is a reality for individuals from many cultural and religious groups and from all educational and socioeconomic levels.

 In Alberta, more people die by suicide than by motor vehicle collision every year.

Any one of us, or someone we love, could be vulnerable to considering suicide as an escape during a time of personal crisis. 

Suicide need not claim as many lives as it does each year.

 

 

There is help available:

If you are considering suicide, please call the 24-hour Distress Line (780) 482-HELP.

If you are caring for someone who is suicidal, please contact The Support Network's Caregiver Support program.

If you have lost someone to suicide, please contact The Support Network's Suicide Bereavement Program.

If you are in a helping field and require training in how to help someone who is suicidal, please consider The Support Network's Suicide Prevention Training.

 

 

Take Action:

CASP (the Canadian Association for Suicide Prevention) invites you to sign it’s e-petition to let our government know that we support the need for a national suicide prevention strategy.  This can be done by going to www.suicideprevenion.ca or http://nspscnd.epetition.net.

Last updated: November 9, 2009