NATIONAL COALITION FOR MENTAL WELLBEING

Preventing suicide: information for health workers

People go to see doctors and nurses for many different reasons but sometimes the real reason is far more serious than what they say they are there for. Sadly, the stigma of mental health and suicide can get in the way of people asking for help.

A health-care worker is in a unique position to recognize the signs of someone who is struggling with their mental health or who is thinking about suicide.

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