Suicide Prevention Resources

Sep 18

Written By Mental Health Louisville

American Foundation for Suicide Prevention

https://afsp.org/chapter/kentucky

9152 Taylorsville Road #274 Louisville, KY 40299

SERVICES -

Trainings on suicide prevention, support groups, resources and guides. Programming includes:

Talks Saves Lives
More than Sad
It’s Real

988

https://988lifeline.org/

text or call: 988

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The 988 Lifeline is available 24/7/365. Your conversations are free and confidential.

Veteran’s Crisis Line

https://www.veteranscrisisline.net/

text or call: 988 and press 1

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The Veterans Crisis Line serves Veterans, service members, National Guard and Reserve members, and those who support them. (You don’t know have to be enrolled in VA benefits to call).

Support Groups

Survivors of Suicide Kentuckiana

St Matthews Episcopal Church (In Person)

330 North Hubbards Lane
Louisville, Kentucky 40207
United States of America

Our facilitator is a peer who has attended AFSP's Facilitating a Suicide Bereavement Support Group training.

We are currently accepting new loss survivors.

Additional information

The group meets continuously throughout the year, every Thursday at 7:30 pm, except for the 5th week of the month.

This is an open group for anyone who has lost someone to suicide

Contacts:

Gage Donohue
ghdonohue@aol.com
502-767-6155

Steve Tomes
anzh1308@gmail.com
502-500-6675

Deflection Team

https://louisvilleky.gov/government/emergency-services/crisis-call-diversion-program

Dail - 911

SERVICES

When someone calls 911, MetroSafe Calltakers will ask a few initial questions to determine the appropriate emergency response, which could involve the police, fire department, EMS, or mental health services.

If the call is related to mental health and does not pose an immediate threat to life or serious harm, the MetroSafe Calltaker will transfer the call to the Deflection Crisis Triage Worker (CTW) team with the caller's consent.
The CTW team functions like crisis hotline staff to de-escalate, provide emotional support, create a safety plan and problem solve for the person in crisis.
If CTW determines that a face-to-face response would be beneficial, they initiate a mobile response.
Mobile responders, trained in mental health crisis intervention, meet the person where they are to further de-escalate and assess the situation and, if appropriate, connect the individual to service. Responders have the option of transporting the person to the community respite center at Seven Counties, or to another community resource, such as a shelter.