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What to do regarding posters leaving suicidal "goodbye note" posts?

16 points · submitted May 2018 by u/clairebones · archived

Is there any way we can contact admins in an emergency or to find out emails etc for the posters? We've had a user today in a local sub posting a goodbye suicide letter and everyone is concerned, suicide is an increasingly huge problem in our country and it's been a big topic of conversation in the subreddit recently. Would love to know what the best thing is to do in these situations.

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Trubea 10 points · May 2018

In addition to contacting the admins you can post the suicide hotline number. It comes up easily when you google for it: 1-800-273-8255. This is in the USA. Other countries have similar.

clairebones [OP] 7 points · May 2018

Yeah, we're in Northern Ireland but the equivalent number was posted and we have a stickied thread of resources. Thanks!

GuacamoleFanatic 6 points · May 2018

Report to the admins.

clairebones [OP] 5 points · May 2018

Sure, but the admin responses can be pretty slow so I was curious if there's a more 'urgent' method of doing so.

[deleted] 3 points · May 2018

They prioritize based on the title. Make it like “URGENT: CREDIBLE SUICIDE THREAT” and you should get a fast reply.

[deleted] 1 points · May 2018

Administration or a suicide hotline depending on situation.