Suicidal distress can create a very narrow view of the future.
A person may genuinely feel that nothing can change.
Part of suicide prevention is therefore not only assessing danger.
It is also helping somebody reconnect with:
- people;
- possibilities;
- support;
- solutions;
- reasons to continue;
- the possibility that circumstances can change.
The University’s suicide-prevention work has deliberately centred compassion, safeguarding, safety planning and hope rather than relying only on clinical labels or risk prediction.