Crisis Hotline

1. Don’t let your teen’s depression or anxiety snowball

2. Listen - even when your kid is not talking

3. Never shrug off threats of suicide as typical teenage melodrama

4. Seek professional help right away

5. Share your feelings

6. Encourage your teen not to isolate themself from family or friends

7. Recommend exercise

8. Urge your teen not to demand too much of themself

9. Remind your teen who is undergoing treatment not to expect immediate results

10. If you keep guns at home, store them safely or move all firearms elsewhere until the crisis has passed

Info from HealthyChildren.org

1. Talking about wanting to die or kill themselves

2. Looking for a way to kill themselves, like searching online or by buying a gun

3. Talking about feeling hopeless or having no reason to live

4. Talking about feeling trapped or in unbearable pain

5. Talking about being a burden to others

6. Increasing the use of alcohol or drugs

7. Acting anxious or agitated, behaving recklessly

8. Sleeping too little or too much

9. Withdrawing or isolating themselves

10. Showing rage or talking about seeking revenge

11. Extreme mood signs

Info from Suicide Prevention Lifeline

1. Have attempted suicide before

2. Have a family history of suicide

3. Youth who are LGBTQ+

4. Youth who are depressed

5. Youth with other mental health conditions such as eating disorders

6. Youth dealing with racism and discrimination

7. Youth who use alcohol or other substances (especially ones with easy access to drugs)

8. Youth with a history of aggressive, impulsive behavior

9. youth around local epidemics of suicide

10. youth who have easy access to guns

11. Youth who have been bullied

Information from HealthyChildren.org