What Can You Do When Someone You Know is in Crisis? Talk to Them

The Rhode Island Out of Darkness Walks will take place on Oct. 5 and Oct. 19

Asian young upset depressed man sitting alone in living room at home. Attractive unhappy male feeling very sad, lonely and frustrated with life problem think of money debt, budget loss, bankruptcy.
s_kawee
Share
Asian young upset depressed man sitting alone in living room at home. Attractive unhappy male feeling very sad, lonely and frustrated with life problem think of money debt, budget loss, bankruptcy.
s_kawee
What Can You Do When Someone You Know is in Crisis? Talk to Them
Copy

September is Suicide Prevention Month. One of the organizations working year round to prevent suicide-related deaths and provide support to survivors is the Rhode Island chapter of the American Foundation for Suicide Prevention. Morning Host Luis Hernandez spoke with board chair Keely Taylor and Christine Gallo, chair of the group’s education committee.

AFSP’s Rhode Island Out of Darkness Walks will take place on Oct. 5 and Oct. 19.

This conversation includes discussion of suicide. If you or someone you know is in need of help, call the Suicide & Crisis Lifeline at 988, or chat at 988lifeline.org.

This interview was conducted by The Public’s Radio. You can read the entire story here.

Plus: ‘Witch, Please’ drag show at United Theatre and the Western Stars at the Parlour
The man police say stabbed former Fall River Mayor Will Flanagan was in court Tuesday afternoon
Rhode Island’s housing crisis has reached a new low point, according to a report released from HousingWorks RI
A decade after founding Providence’s Refugee Dream Center, Bah says refugees and asylum seekers face renewed anxiety amid ICE raids and policy shifts — but community partnerships continue to provide hope and stability
In his new PBS documentary The American Revolution, Burns revisits the fight for independence through a fresh lens — highlighting Rhode Island’s pivotal contributions and what history still teaches us today