Suicide: Help for Before and After

If you know family and friends of a suicide victim, discerning how to react and help is hard. These five articles from Leadership Journal provide suicide warning signs and prevention steps to use before a tragedy occurs, a process for how to respond if a tragedy has occurred, and encouragement to those ministering to the left behind. Also included is a forum that answers common questions and misconceptions about suicide. Table of Contents: When You Get the Call What to do when someone is threatening suicide. James D. Berkley Saving Suicidal Teenagers Warning signals from the young and vulnerable. Jolene L. Roehlkepartain After a Suicide What is the best way to serve those left behind? Randy Christian Ministering to the Survivors How does a church leader answer the questions raised by a suicide? Forum hosted Clayton Bell Man of Sorrows His firstborn son had broken his heart. Had he also broken his ministry? Harold Fickett