Very informative article! Fascinating (and horrifying) that there's no standard guidelines for educating clinicians on suicide. This Alternatives to Suicide group does sound better than speaking with a therapist though. Discussion is so important and I agree that liability concerns seem to take over when trying to speak with a mental health professional about it. I hope this peer-led group continues to pop up in more places!
Very informative article! Fascinating (and horrifying) that there's no standard guidelines for educating clinicians on suicide. This Alternatives to Suicide group does sound better than speaking with a therapist though. Discussion is so important and I agree that liability concerns seem to take over when trying to speak with a mental health professional about it. I hope this peer-led group continues to pop up in more places!
Thank you so much, Steph!!
And it IS so strange about the guidelines. I was really surprised when I read that.
I hope these Alt2Su groups become more prevalent too. I think these kind of groups are so important.
I love the Alt2Su model, Marissa. You're doing IMPORTANT work in your life and your writing and even your memes (lol). Keep going.
Oh yes, the memes are so important. Thank you, Karen!!