Verbal Clues – Saying things like:

• I shouldn’t be here.
• I’m going to run away.
• I wish I were dead.
• I’m going to kill myself.
• I wish I could disappear forever.
• If a person did this or that…..would he/she die?
• The voices tell me to kill myself.
• Maybe if I died, people would love me more.
• I want to see what it feels like to die.

 Behavioural Clues – Doing things like:

• Talking or joking about suicide.
• Giving away possessions.
• Preoccupation with death/violence; TV, movies, drawings, books, at play,
• Risky behaviour; jumping from high places, running into traffic, self-cutting.
• Having several accidents resulting in injury; “close calls” or “brushes with”
• Obsession with guns and knives.
• Previous suicidal thoughts or attempts.