Posted by one woman cine on January 29, 2007, at 17:33:39
In reply to Re: 'Not always a cry for help' -, posted by caraher on January 29, 2007, at 15:36:55
"I'm sure others, like me, have sat around wondering, "I feel like killing myself, but I haven't so far... maybe I can just live with this and don't need help." Or "I don't think anyone can help me with this. Under the "invite and wait" approach people with those sorts of thoughts are less likely to go get help than someone who has a counselor call five times saying, "Look, we know you've made a threat (or whatever) and you really do need to come in and get help." The decision is made for the indecisive."
I'm not sure the article is saying "making the decision for the indecisive" is the way to decrease suicide rates - that's not what I inferred but we may just disagree. I think idea can be gleaned from this - but the idea of the community and accountability in self- care/self-guradianship is where the money is at....
I think that was one of the main points of the article - not being forced/coerced into getting help. Thta everyone was a participant (university and student) in trying to rectify the problem.
poster:one woman cine
thread:727737
URL: http://www.dr-bob.org/babble/psycho/20070119/msgs/727830.html