Risk - The Social Eyes

Evaluating Medium-Term and Long-Term Suicide Risk

03/04/2021 Raymond Viger 2

Measuring the risk of a suicide entails evaluating the probability that someone will attempt to kill him/herself in the next two years. If I told you that your father or other close family member might kill themselves at some point in the next two years, […] See more

The Emergency Phase

02/04/2021 Raymond Viger 3

Direct Intervention Intervening to save the life of a suicidal youth means conveying a sense of hope: you must be warm and very, very human in your approach. A spirit of simplicity and humility on your part is absolutely necessary. Without humility in your heart, […] See more

Evaluate the Risk Level; Make a “Life Contract”

05/04/2020 Raymond Viger 2

Direct Intervention Intervening to save the life of a suicidal youth means conveying a sense of hope: you must be warm and very, very human in your approach. A spirit of simplicity and humility on your part is absolutely necessary. Without humility in your heart, […] See more

A Few Basic Facts (Part IV)

03/04/2019 Raymond Viger 2

Let’s demystify the process. Here are a few basic facts: Music and movies can’t motivate a person to suicide. Suicide results from a troubled soul, not because a rapper advocates the act. We shouldn’t brush off a suicidal person. Some think that the best therapy […] See more