These things can help someone through periods of crisis
- Family or friends or community
- Positive self-esteem
- Sobriety
- Sense of hope
- Good health
- Counselor or Therapist (depression screening)
- Treatment availability
- Calm environment
- Pet(s)
- Medication compliance
- Responsibility for children
- Duty to others
- Job security
- Difficult access to lethal means (i.e; gun, pills, etc)
- Religious beliefs
- Resiliency