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PEOPLE is highlighting bothSpadeandBourdain‘s lives, legacies and deaths in this week’s issue, and also prominently featuring the National Suicide Prevention Lifeline — at 1-800-273-8255 — on the magazine’s cover.
“We hope that publishing the National Suicide Prevention Lifeline on the cover of People makes this resource more visible to anyone who needs it. The information also appears on this week’s cover of our sister publication, Entertainment Weekly.”
Suicide is the tenth leading cause of death in the United States, with nearly 45,000 Americans taking their own lives each year,according to the American Foundation for Suicide Prevention.
If you or someone you know is considering suicide, please contact the National Suicide Prevention Lifeline at 1-800-273-TALK (8255), text “help” to theCrisis Text Lineat 741-741 or go tosuicidepreventionlifeline.org.
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The National Suicide Prevention Lifeline has already received a surge in calls in the wake of both Spade and Bourdain’s apparent suicides, according to the director John Draper, who said that the number of calls were up compared to the previous week.
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If you or someone you know is considering suicideor dealing with depression, experts agree the best thing to do is to talk.
Draper told theWall Street Journal, “The research is really clear that these calls have been shown to reduce emotional distress and suicidal crisis.”
“Talking saves lives,”Dr. Kevin Gilliland, Psy.D., a clinical psychologist and director of Innovation360, an outpatient resource center,told PEOPLE last week. “Ask them if they have had the thought or feeling like it would be better to ‘just not be alive. Express empathy for the person and offer to help them get connected to people that can help them with how they are feeling. Help them develop a plan to get help and follow-through with them until they get connected.”
Gilliland added, “People often don’t know they are depressed or what’s wrong with them and may need your help getting connected to the appropriate healthcare people that can treat their condition.”
For PEOPLE’s tribute to two icons: Talent & Tragedy, pick up this week’s issue, on newsstands Friday.
source: people.com
