A person experiencing suicidality or suicidal distress needs support. This support could be from the people who know them best (e.g. their whānau, close friends or trusted colleagues) or from a health professional.
What is suicidality?
‘Suicidality’ is a term used to refer to thoughts, feelings and actions related to suicide. It includes a range of experiences, from occasionally thinking about wanting to die, to plans for ending your life. Suicidality also includes suicide attempts. All suicidal thoughts, feelings and actions should be taken seriously.
By law, a workplace must eliminate or minimise risks to physical and mental health and safety (also known as psychosocial risk) that arise from work, so far as is reasonably practicable. To do this, workplaces need to understand what their staff need, and to learn how to listen and take appropriate action when they are experiencing tough times