United States
Information on suicide prevention from the National Suicide Prevention Lifeline
Are you concerned that someone on YouTube is a possible suicide risk?
If you would like to report a video (or video comments) that demonstrates the act of suicide or expresses suicidal thoughts, please flag the video for review by the YouTube team.
Is someone on YouTube talking about suicide in a harmful way?
If you would like to report a video or comment that promotes suicide (i.e. suggests another person will kill themselves, suggests specific ways a person could kill themselves, or states that suicide is a positive thing), please flag the video for review by the YouTube team.
If you or someone you know is in emotional crisis, please call the National Suicide Prevention Lifeline at 1-800-273-TALK. The Lifeline is a 24-hour hotline available to anyone in emotional crisis. Your call is free and confidential.
Please visit the Lifeline Channel for more information about suicide warning signs online.
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United Kingdom
Information on suicide prevention from the Samaritans
Samaritans volunteers listen in confidence to anyone in any type of emotional distress, without judging or telling people what to do.
Samaritans doesn’t offer advice, but by encouraging people who contact us to talk about their feelings we are able to help them explore all the options they have. Samaritans believes that given the time and space to work problems or difficulties through in confidence, people can find an inner strength and perspective which lets them find their own way forward.
Common reasons to call Samaritans are:
Relationship and family problems
- Loss, including loss of a job, a friend or a family member through bereavement
- Financial worries
- Job-related stress or overwork
- College or study related stress
- Body image issues
To talk to us in the UK, just call 08457 90 90 90 or email jo@samaritans.org
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Australia
Information on suicide prevention from Reach Out!
Are you concerned that someone on YouTube is a possible suicide risk or that someone is promoting suicide as a positive choice?
If this is the case you should report the video or video comments to the YouTube team.
Any material on YouTube that demonstrates the act of suicide, expresses suicidal thoughts or promotes suicide as a positive thing can be harmful to viewers and should be flagged for review immediately by the YouTube team.
If you or someone you know is thinking about suicide it's important that you keep yourself or your friend safe. You can find out more about what to do when a friend is distressed or what to do when you are thinking of ending your own life on the Reach Out website.
If you want to talk to someone you can call Kids Helpline (1800 55 1800) or Lifeline (131 114) 24 hours a day, 7 days a week. They are both anonymous help lines and the number won't show up on your phone bill.
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Kids Helpline is Australia's free, confidential and anonymous, 24-hour telephone and online counselling service specifically for young people aged between 5 and 25. You can talk to counsellors about any issue big or small, including bullying, sexual abuse, homelessness, suicidal thoughts and drug and alcohol usage. Kids Helpline 1800 55 1800.
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New Zealand
Information on suicide prevention from Lifeline Auckland
Are you concerned that someone on YouTube is a possible suicide risk?
If you would like to report a video (or video comment) that demonstrates the act of suicide or expresses suicidal thoughts, please flag the video for review by the YouTube team or in an emergency (if you are in immediate physical danger either from yourself or someone else) call 111.
Is someone on YouTube talking about suicide in a harmful way?
If you would like to report a video or comment that promotes suicide (i.e. suggests another person will kill themselves, suggests specific ways a person could kill themselves, or states that suicide is a positive thing), please flag the video for review by the YouTube team.
If you are worried about yourself, someone you know or something you have seen or read on YouTube please seek help as soon as possible:
In an emergency (if you are in immediate physical danger either from yourself or someone else) in New Zealand ring 111.
For non-emergency helpline services in New Zealand select from the following organisations:
- Lifeline New Zealand 0800-543-354 24 hours, Everyday
- Lifeline Auckland 09-522-2999 24 hours, Everyday
- Samaritans 0800-726-666 24 hours, Everyday
- National Depression Line 0800-111-757 8.00am – midnight, Everyday
- Youthline 0800-37-66-33 or Txt 234 8.00am – midnight, Everyday
- The Lowdown Txt 5626 or email team@thelowdown.co.nz Noon - midnight,
- Everyday
- Whats Up? 0800-942-8787 Noon - midnight, Everyday
- Kidsline 0800-543-754 4pm – 6pm, Weekdays
- Chinese Lifeline (Cantonese & Mandarin) 0800-888-880 Mon- Sun 10.00-am – 2.00 pm, Mon-Fri 7.00pm – 10.00pm
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