If you or someone you know needs help, please call or text the Suicide and Crisis Lifeline at 988 or visit 988lifeline.org and click on the chat button.
Evidence shows that about half of people who die by suicide saw a health care provider in the month prior, suggesting that a critical opportunity exists to help these individuals. Right now, most hospitals and health care systems screen patients for suicide risk only when there is a behavioral health concern. With universal screening, everyone who enters the medical setting would be asked about suicidal thoughts or behaviors. Screening can be as short as two questions, but as experts and medical providers indicate, those questions can help save lives by connecting people to the care and treatment they need.
If you or someone you know needs help, please call or text the Suicide and Crisis Lifeline at 988 or visit 988lifeline.org and click on the chat button.