1.
Let’s talk about
SUICIDE
Chaplain Daniel Haas

2.
Ask
Care
Escort
National Suicide Prevention Lifeline
1-800-273-8255

3.
Risk Factors
- Failed relationships - Mood disorders
- Family history of suicide
- Prior suicide attempt
- Poor social skills - Financial stress
- Drug/alcohol abuse
- Legal problems
- Access to lethal means

4.
Protective Factors
- Social relationships (family, friends)
- Access to healthcare (physical, mental)
- Coping ability
- Spiritual meaning-making
- Participation in groups
- Ability to accept help

5.
Warning Signs
- Alcohol / drug abuse
- Talk about killing oneself
- Feeling hopeless, helpless, sad
- Changes in mood or behavior
- Giving things away
- Withdrawal from friends and family
- Disturbing texts, posts, emails

6.
ASK
Are you considering suicide?
Are you thinking about
killing yourself?

7.
CARE
Provide a calming presence
and remove any means
for self-injury

8.
ESCORT
Don’t leave them alone
Ask them to go to the ER
or call the
National Suicide Prevention Lifeline
1-800-273-8255

9.
Suicides in the Bible
[Abimelech] called hastily unto the
young man his armour-bearer, and said
unto him, Draw thy sword, and slay me,
that men say not of me, A woman slew
him. And his young man thrust him
through, and he died (Judges 9:54)

10.
Suicides in the Bible
And Samson said, Let me die with the
Philistines. And he bowed with all his
might; and the house fell...upon all the
people that were therein (Judges
16:30).

11.
Suicides in the Bible
Saul took a sword and fell on it (1 Sam.
31:4). When [Saul's] armour-bearer
saw that Saul was dead, he fell likewise
upon his sword, and died (1 Sam 31:5).

12.
Suicides in the Bible
[Judas] cast down the pieces of silver in
the temple, and departed, and went
and hanged himself (Matt. 27:5).

13.
Church examples
A woman has the habit of walking
around the pond on the property
where she lives. For the past year
she has said: “It’s all too much. One
day I’m going into the pond.”

14.
Church examples
A man is diagnosed with
depression. He loves his guns and
gets mad at his family for hiding the
guns.

15.
Church examples
A woman had been going to the
beauty shop every other week for
decades. All of a sudden she
stopped.

16.
Church examples
A woman used to take care of her
elderly husband. Now her health
starts declining noticeably as well.

17.
Church examples
A single man has never been much
of a people person. He used to be
withdrawn at home but all of a
sudden becomes talkative.

18.
Stigma
- Suicide is not an evil thing
a person does.
- It is not a selfish choice.
- It is not a sin.

19.
Language
Not “committed suicide”
but “died by suicide”

20.
Ask
Care
Escort

21.
Resources
- YOU
- National Suicide Prevention Lifeline
1-800-273-8255
- Emergency Room
- 911
- Primary care provider
- Pastor