This is a mental or emotional condition so severe that it interferes with daily functioning.
What is Mental Illness?
This is a professional who diagnoses and treats people with mental health conditions
What is Therapist (Psychiatrist, Psychologist, Counselor)?
This is the act of taking one's own life.
What is Suicide?
This is a condition in which someone responds with extreme or unrealistic fear and dread to certain situations, experiences or objects.
What is Anxiety Disorder?
What is Attention Deficit Hyperactivity (ADHD)?
This is a condition identified by intense negative feelings that do not go away and negatively affect daily life.
What is Major Depression?
This is is the type of therapy in which all family members meet together with a therapist to build positive, healthy relationships.
What is Family Therapy?
What are Survivors?
These are medications that treat depression by making certain chemicals in the brain more available.
What are Antidepressants?
This is a type of therapy that involves a one-on-one meeting with a therapist to discuss feelings and behaviors.
What is Individual Therapy?
This is a condition identified by periods of intense depression that alternate with periods of manic moods.
What is Bipolar Disorder?
These are medications that manage the symptoms of schizophrenia.
What are Antipsychotics?
This is the name of the gentleman that survived a suicide attempt by jumping off the Golden Gate Bridge.
Who is Kevin Hines?
These are some hotlines and/or resources that people can contact if there is concern about someone committing suicide.
What is 911, The National Suicide Prevention Hotline, Crisis Text Line & Hope Line
These are gatherings in which a therapist meets with a group of people who share a common problem.
What are Support Groups?
What is Schizophrenia?
This is a type of treatment that involves staying in a healthcare facility for a period of time.
What is Inpatient Treatment?
These are a series of suicides in a particular community that occur in a relatively short period of time.
What are Suicide Clusters?
This is a condition identified by unstable identity and interpersonal relationships.
What is Borderline Personality Disorder (BPD)?
These are factors that contribute to mental health conditions.
What are Family History, Life Experiences, Brain Injuries, Environment During Pregnancy, Unhealthy Patters of Thinking.
This is a condition identified by ignoring social rules and engaging in impulsive behavior.
What is Antisocial Personality Disorder?
This is a mark of shame or embarrassment that is usually unfair.
What is Stigma?
This is a term that describes the copying of suicide attempts after exposure to another person's suicide.
What is Suicide Contagion?
This is when an individual hurts themself on purpose.
What is Self-Harm?
A condition in which people have constant and obsessive thoughts or feelings.
What is Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder (OCD)?