Tag: Crisis intervention

A Call for Comfort Brought the Police Instead. Now the Solution...

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From KFF Health News: "Overcome by worries, Lynette Isbell dialed a mental health hotline in April 2022. She wanted to talk to someone about...

“You Can’t Coerce Someone into Wanting to Be Alive”: The Carceral...

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“You can’t coerce someone into wanting to be alive. Force just doesn’t work. People must be invited to live while supporters (healthcare professionals, social workers, loved ones) make their lives and world more habitable.”

I Set Up a Suicide Crisis Centre to Provide the Opposite...

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Our approach is to openly care about our clients and empower them as much as possible. It's vital that clients know we care about their survival.