How to Get Help for Someone Who Is Suicidal in Loma, Colorado

It can be a scary experience when a loved one is showing signs of being suicidal. It is an emergency that requires professional intervention as soon as possible. When you are not sure what to do or you think your friend may have taken an overdose of pills, call 911 immediately. There are no hospitals or mental health centers in Loma, Colorado; however, there are mental health and emergency facilities in the vicinity as well as crisis phone centers.

Instructions

Talk to Your Loved One

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  Talk to your friend to try and determine more about what he is thinking and feeling. If your friend tells you that he has a plan and the means to commit suicide and he has planned a time to carry it out, get him professional help immediately. Let him know that you care about him and that there is always hope and help. If he has a weapon such a gun or knife or pills, take them away from the person.

• 2

  Take the person you are concerned about to the emergency department of the Family Health West Hospital located in Fruita, Colorado. It is only a seven-minute drive from Loma. Its urgent care facilities have after-hours physicians to do a psychiatric evaluation of your loved one. If your friend is not willing to go to the hospital and you think she may be in imminent danger of harming herself, call 911.

• 3

  Drive your friend approximately 20 miles to the Colorado West Regional Mental Health Center situated in Grand Junction, Colorado. The facilities include outpatient clinics and a psychiatric hospital if it is necessary for your friend to be hospitalized. Call the mobile crisis response team first as they provide emergency services and may come to your friend in Loma, Colorado, to do a psychiatric assessment.

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  Escort your friend southwest about 80 miles to the Center for Mental Health in Montrose, Colorado, if you were unable to get the help your friend needs at the previously mentioned facilities. Emergency services such as suicide prevention are available at no charge 24 hours a day and 7 days a week.

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  Call the National Suicide Prevention Lifeline at 800-273-8255, which covers the State of Colorado. Tell them why you think your loved one is suicidal and follow their advice and recommendations. See if your friend will talk to a crisis counselor directly on the phone as well.