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The Importance of Talking Therapy in Preventing Suicide
Hari Sivola has identified one area which does make a difference. Your brains don't work properly when you are trying to kill yourself. During these minutes any kind of a conduct with other person on a phone, on a chat, on a train platform can be crucial to snap out of that state. He believes professionals need to find vulnerable young people in the places they are and connect with them. A few months ago he opened a chat room on Discord, a chat app aimed at gamers. They can have a game related conversation at the same time that they are playing the game.