"emotional-distress"

Suicide is often the result of a strong reason and a weak moment. On World Suicide Prevention Day, let’s focus on the ‘weak moment’ — a critical window that offers an opportunity for prevention

When a person's body is under emotional or physical stress, it goes into survival mode.

Suicide rates increased for all types of disasters with the largest overall increase occurring two years after a disaster, according to an article published in The Journal of Crisis Intervention and Suicide Prevention.

In a statement at the time, Police Chief Vernon Hale called the tactic a "trained technique and best practice in some scenarios".