Suicide Prevention

For any tropers who feel this way... You Are Not Alone.

In Japan

BRIS - Barnens Rätt I Samhället (Childrens' Right In Society - under 18s) 116 111
Brottsofferjouren (Gives help and support to victims of crime) 0200 - 21 20 19
Jourhavande präst (A priest that you can call and talk to during the night (9pm - 6am). Believes in God, but won't talk about religion unless you choose to.) 112 (the Swedish emergency number), ask for the priest on call.
Kvinnofridslinjen (Gives help and support to women subjected to domestic abuse) 020 - 50 50 50

Breathing Space 0800 838587.
Childline 0800 1111 (under 16s only, have specialist counselors for teen and preteen issues).
The Samaritans 08457 909090.

-- For the general public --
- National Suicide Hotline 1-800-273-TALK
- Kristin Brooks Hope Center - Hopeline 1-800-SUICIDE
- HOPEline Crisis Hotline 1-800-442-HOPE
-- By and for specific groups --
- 1-866-4-U-TREVOR Gay and lesbian teens (The Trevor Project)
- 1-800-GRADHLP Grad students
- 1-800-PPD-MOMS Postpartum depression
- 1-800-SUICIDA Spanish / Español
- 1-877-YOUTHLINE Teens
- 1-877-Vet2Vet Veterans

http://www.befrienders.org -- "We don't judge them or tell them what to do - we listen."
http://www.givesmehope.com -- Stories of hope, love, and compassion.
http://www.metanoia.org -- Takes a logical approach to the issue of suicide.
http://www.suicide.org/suicide-hotlines.html -- Suicide Hotlines
http://www.wfmh.org/00awareness.htm#DEPRESSION:_WHAT_YOU_KNOW -- In English, Portuguese, and Spanish. Includes a listing of telephone numbers in various nations.
https://www.imalive.org/index.php --I'm Alive! Online Crisis Network. Live IRC chat with trained crisis intervention volunteers.

For more information about suicidality, see UsefulNotes/Suicide.