A Massachusetts-based organization that helps people get screened for depression has created a new tool to help in the fight against suicide. It's a website designed to teach people how to intervene when someone they know might be considering suicide.
The website has a bold name and big banner when it opens: "Stop A Suicide Today."
"When someone talks about suicide or shows signs of despair, hopelessness, giving up, that communication should be taken seriously," says Dr. Douglas Jacobs, medial director and founder of the Wellesley-based nonprofit Screening for Mental Health, which developed the site. "Immediate intervention should occur."
