Caring Contacts
Caring Contacts is a simple but powerful suicide prevention intervention. A clinician or other caring individual sends 8 or more messages of care, support and connection to a suicidal individual over the course of a year or longer. As summarized below, this intervention has reduced the chance of suicide attempts, suicidal ideation, and death by suicide.
Caring Contacts radically changes the relationship between clinicians and clients. Instead of waiting for clients to reach out in distress, Caring Contacts clinicians reach out to clients repeatedly over time - leading to moments of connection and providing opportunities to offer help when it is needed.
Caring Contacts radically changes the relationship between clinicians and clients. Instead of waiting for clients to reach out in distress, Caring Contacts clinicians reach out to clients repeatedly over time - leading to moments of connection and providing opportunities to offer help when it is needed.
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UW Medicine video on caring contacts
CSPAR Research Scientist, Amanda Kerbrat, is featured in a video describing the effectiveness of caring texts sent to active-duty military personnel. Visit UW Medicine Newsroom's article here to learn more. |
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Huffington Post article on caring contacts by Jason Cherkis
https://highline.huffingtonpost.com/articles/en/how-to-help-someone-who-is-suicidal/ Huffington Post Retro Report video on caring contacts https://www.retroreport.org/video/suicide-veterans-and-how-a-simple-idea-tried-to-combat-a-crisis/ |
Jerome Motto at the American Association for Suicidology annual conference in 2009
Note: Motto begins his speech about the origins and core principles of Caring Contacts at 3:35, after the introduction by Marsha Linehan and presentation of an award from the American Association of Suicidology.
For more information please contact caringc@uw.edu
For more information please contact caringc@uw.edu
