Suicide Prevention and Awareness

Suicide can be prevented. Whether you are thinking about suicide or are worried about a colleague/friend during residency there are resources available.

Get help immediately if you or someone you know is experiencing any of these behaviors/feelings:

• Talking about or wanting to die or wanting to die
• Feeling of hopelessness
• Feeling like a burden
• Talking about having no reason to live
• Feeling trapped
• Social isolation and withdrawal
• Withdrawal from their usual activities/hobbies
• Giving away personal items and saying goodbye to friends and family
• Sleeping too much or too little
• Increased use of alcohol or drugs
• Aggression
• Relief/Sudden improvement in mood

In any emergency involving physical harm or a threat to a life, please call 911 (9-911 from a campus phone) or contact the Reno Police Department Dispatch at 334-COPS (2677) immediately.

Crisis Resources

Available 24/7. Free and Confidential:

• National Suicide Prevention Hotline- 988
• Text “CARE” to 839863
• Text “HOME” to 741741
• Trevor Lifeline/Chat/Text- (866) 488-7386