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[-] nonentity@sh.itjust.works 16 points 3 months ago

Decades of experience has revealed the overwhelming majority of ‘suicide prevention’ concepts are exclusively focused and fixated on acute suicidality, which are often precisely the opposite of what’s required when dealing with chronic suicidality.

One of the most effective mechanisms, particularly for chronic suicide prevention, is to create an environment in which one can realistically and actively choose to participate in when we’re at our most vulnerable.

[-] andros_rex@lemmy.world 5 points 3 months ago

Obviously, the best way to treat someone who is desperate to the point that they want to die is to strip them of their rights, put them in essentially a prison, and traumatize them even more.

I went inpatient voluntarily a few months ago. When I asked to leave, they got an order to hold me. I had vape smoke blown in my face by their staff, was physically assaulted, and was placed in a woman’s ward - despite being legally male and having had surgery to that effect.

The carceral approach to suicide prevention is horrifying and helps no one.

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