nyandw wrote:andrewjw wrote:DutchRailnut wrote:a suicidal person is just as likely to read a suicide prevention poster as a alcoholic is to reading AA posters.
or a Smoker reading side of that cigaret package.
Where do you come off knowing so much about this?
Perhaps, Dutch was applying 'common sense' or do we need another University 'tax payer' wasted funded study to answer the obvious? Dutch made a comment on a topic.
With all due respect to you, Dutch was being his typical know-it-all. Depression is much different from addiction, so the "doesn't read the labels" criticism is an analogy that doesn't hold water. By definition, people cannot be addicted to suicide. It appears a study has already been done by Columbia U: 12% of suicidal callers said that talking to someone at Lifeline prevented them from harming or killing themselves; Almost 50% followed through with a counselor's referral to seek emergency services or contacted mental health services; About 80% said that Lifeline had something to do with keeping them alive. So in fact, it looks like not only do potentially suicidal people "read the labels", they call in and it works. They are literally looking for a line to someone who cares.
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And as a guy with family and friends in the railroad business, I have somewhat of an idea how it affects the crews when they hit someone. Perhaps further proper medical research might not just help people suffering, but the railroaders that suffer after the fact
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