{"id":3179,"date":"2025-02-26T13:41:26","date_gmt":"2025-02-26T13:41:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/glowblogs\/gepswi\/?page_id=3179"},"modified":"2025-03-11T13:20:08","modified_gmt":"2025-03-11T13:20:08","slug":"concerns-around-suicide-and-someone-thinking-of-killing-themselves","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/glowblogs\/gepswi\/concerns-around-suicide-and-someone-thinking-of-killing-themselves\/","title":{"rendered":"Concerns around suicide and someone thinking of killing themselves?"},"content":{"rendered":"<h1>If you require support for addressing suicide at any point you can contact:<\/h1>\n<ul>\n<li>\n<h3>Call\u00a0111\u00a0to talk to\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/eur01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com\/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.nhs24.scot%2F&amp;data=05%7C01%7Candrew.coffey%40phs.scot%7Cf393724558dd4837529a08da8f3ab628%7C10efe0bda0304bca809cb5e6745e499a%7C0%7C0%7C637979779563436741%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C3000%7C%7C%7C&amp;sdata=ebPLkkDKX9nl7Dj4FrjqAIUH7YOO5qNxF9x8vEK4s5s%3D&amp;reserved=0\">NHS 24\u2019s<\/a>\u00a0mental health hub 24\/7. (Only available for people living in Scotland).<\/h3>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li>\n<h3>Contact\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/eur01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com\/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.papyrus-uk.org%2Fpapyrus-hopelineuk%2F&amp;data=05%7C01%7Candrew.coffey%40phs.scot%7Cf393724558dd4837529a08da8f3ab628%7C10efe0bda0304bca809cb5e6745e499a%7C0%7C0%7C637979779563280530%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C3000%7C%7C%7C&amp;sdata=ewJk916KwzMcCRQSE2E2Z0ED%2FSjjCknAaoTXzJB7VBk%3D&amp;reserved=0\">PAPYRUS HOPELINE247 (external website)<\/a>\u00a0&#8211; for children and young people under 35 who are having thoughts of suicide or anyone concerned that a young person could be thinking about suicide &#8211; call 0800 068 4141, text 07860039967 or email\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/eur01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com\/?url=https%3A%2F%2Funitedtopreventsuicide.org.uk%2Fbetter-tomorrow%2Fpat%40papyrus-uk.org&amp;data=05%7C01%7Candrew.coffey%40phs.scot%7Cf393724558dd4837529a08da8f3ab628%7C10efe0bda0304bca809cb5e6745e499a%7C0%7C0%7C637979779563280530%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C3000%7C%7C%7C&amp;sdata=yKGXUGHQf2waK9BGlo60pwtH838xfiKGu0Vbg%2BgR%2Fi0%3D&amp;reserved=0\">pat@papyrus-uk.org<\/a>\u00a0(opened 9am to midnight every day of the year). (This is now 24 hours and can be called for advice)<\/h3>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<h3>Contact\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/eur01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com\/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.childline.org.uk%2F&amp;data=05%7C01%7Candrew.coffey%40phs.scot%7Cf393724558dd4837529a08da8f3ab628%7C10efe0bda0304bca809cb5e6745e499a%7C0%7C0%7C637979779563436741%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C3000%7C%7C%7C&amp;sdata=r6lw8usAFxGroSpjm%2FX2s9OpAMqDBzq2H5AghD%2FX%2BDw%3D&amp;reserved=0\">Childline (external website)<\/a>\u00a0for anyone under 19. Call 0800 1111.<\/h3>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<h3>Text \u201cSHOUT\u201d to\u00a085258\u00a0to contact\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/eur01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com\/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fgiveusashout.org%2F&amp;data=05%7C01%7Candrew.coffey%40phs.scot%7Cf393724558dd4837529a08da8f3ab628%7C10efe0bda0304bca809cb5e6745e499a%7C0%7C0%7C637979779563436741%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C3000%7C%7C%7C&amp;sdata=9l62ovIGr2xGXuuz5pDwepJ2LGj0G9Sj7UGv3%2FPkKos%3D&amp;reserved=0\">Shout Crisis Text Line (external website).<\/a>\u00a0Text \u201cYM\u201d if you are under 19. The service is available 24\/7.<\/h3>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<h3>Call 116 123\u00a0to talk to\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/eur01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com\/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.samaritans.org%2F&amp;data=05%7C01%7Candrew.coffey%40phs.scot%7Cf393724558dd4837529a08da8f3ab628%7C10efe0bda0304bca809cb5e6745e499a%7C0%7C0%7C637979779563436741%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C3000%7C%7C%7C&amp;sdata=%2FZEEnEexuJkapUBqTO6lUfyEn51RaWGI1gWA8ALQFHo%3D&amp;reserved=0\">Samaritans (external website)<\/a>. They are there to listen 24 hours a day, 365 days a year and it\u2019s always free to call from any landline or mobile phone. You can also email:\u00a0<a href=\"mailto:jo@samaritans.org\">jo@samaritans.org<\/a><\/h3>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<h3>Call\u00a00800 83 85 87\u00a0to talk to\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/eur01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com\/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fbreathingspace.scot%2Fhow-we-can-help%2Fneed-to-talk%2F&amp;data=05%7C01%7Candrew.coffey%40phs.scot%7Cf393724558dd4837529a08da8f3ab628%7C10efe0bda0304bca809cb5e6745e499a%7C0%7C0%7C637979779563436741%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C3000%7C%7C%7C&amp;sdata=Uu%2B4M334H9LBf4StyuMnr9Zubn9zzcy9eHZY8pWnA4E%3D&amp;reserved=0\">Breathing Space (external website)<\/a>. The service is open 24 hours at weekends (6pm Friday to 6am Monday) and 6pm to 2am on weekdays (Monday to Thursday). This is only available for people living in Scotland. Website text access M-F 6pm to 2 am. Not only suicide concerns.<\/h3>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3><a href=\"https:\/\/breathingspace.scot\/\">Breathing Space is a free confidential service for people in Scotland. Open up when you&#8217;re feeling down &#8211; phone 0800 83 85 87<\/a><\/h3>\n<h3><a href=\"https:\/\/breathingspace.scot\/information-support\/resources\/\">https:\/\/breathingspace.scot\/information-support\/resources\/<\/a><\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>\n<h3>Call\u00a0999 or go to A&amp;E now if you do not feel you can keep yourself or someone else safe<\/h3>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3><a href=\"https:\/\/www.lifelink.org.uk\/helpful-materials\/for-young-people\/\">https:\/\/www.lifelink.org.uk\/helpful-materials\/for-young-people\/<\/a><\/h3>\n<h3><a href=\"https:\/\/www.gov.scot\/publications\/creating-hope-together-scotlands-suicide-prevention-strategy-2022-2032\/\">Creating hope together: Suicide prevention strategy 2022 &#8211; 2032<\/a><\/h3>\n<h3><a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/glowblogs\/public\/gepswi\/uploads\/sites\/10427\/2025\/02\/28114851\/eight-truths-about-suicide.pdf\">Eight-&#8216;truths&#8217;-about-suicide<\/a><\/h3>\n<h3><a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/glowblogs\/public\/gepswi\/uploads\/sites\/10427\/2025\/02\/28115020\/someone-is-to-blame-the-impact-of-suicide-on-the-mind-of-the-bereaved-including-clinicians-1.pdf\">Someone-is-to-blame-the-impact-of-suicide-on-the-mind-of-the-bereaved-including-clinicians <\/a><\/h3>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h3>To go back to the Main Menu please click on the link below:<\/h3>\n<blockquote class=\"wp-embedded-content\" data-secret=\"IwWjWfiuPi\"><p><a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/glowblogs\/gepswi\/\">Why use &#8216;Wellbeing Interventions&#8217;?<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-embedded-content\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts\" security=\"restricted\" style=\"position: absolute; visibility: hidden;\" title=\"&#8220;Why use &#8216;Wellbeing Interventions&#8217;?&#8221; &#8212; Glasgow Educational Psychology Service Wellbeing Interventions\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/glowblogs\/gepswi\/embed\/#?secret=9sO6yKBjwP#?secret=IwWjWfiuPi\" data-secret=\"IwWjWfiuPi\" width=\"525\" height=\"296\" frameborder=\"0\" marginwidth=\"0\" marginheight=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>If you require support for addressing suicide at any point you can contact: Call\u00a0111\u00a0to talk to\u00a0NHS 24\u2019s\u00a0mental health hub 24\/7. (Only available for people living in Scotland). Contact\u00a0PAPYRUS HOPELINE247 (external website)\u00a0&#8211; for children and young people under 35 who are having thoughts of suicide or anyone concerned that a young person could be thinking about &hellip; <\/p>\n<p class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/glowblogs\/gepswi\/concerns-around-suicide-and-someone-thinking-of-killing-themselves\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Concerns around suicide and someone thinking of killing themselves?&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":82848,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-3179","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/glowblogs\/gepswi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/3179","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/glowblogs\/gepswi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/glowblogs\/gepswi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/glowblogs\/gepswi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/82848"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/glowblogs\/gepswi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3179"}],"version-history":[{"count":11,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/glowblogs\/gepswi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/3179\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3343,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/glowblogs\/gepswi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/3179\/revisions\/3343"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/glowblogs\/gepswi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3179"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}