Cathy MacDonald: Stories From a Career in Suicide Intervention

[02.40] - What it's like reflecting on her previous career as a crisis negotiator for Police Scotland now she's 5 years beyond it?

[07.57] - What the majority of her work was in crisis negotiation?

[10.27] - How she would describe how she felt walking into a negotiation of some kind?

[19.20] - Cathy tells us about one of the memories she has over losing someone during a suicide intervention.

[21.50] - How quickly Cathy would be redeployed after one negotiation?

[23.05] - Specific cases that stick out during her time in crisis negotiation?

[34.00] - How often you learn the reason someone wants to kill themselves?

[35.35] - The core emotional concerns.

[38.25] - What does Cathy wish everyone knew about suicide?

[45.57] - Suicide statistics deaths in Scotland.

[51.00] - What to do if you encounter a situation in which someone is saying they are going to commit suicide?

[53.50] - Where to go if you need help.