IMMEDIATE NEED: Suicide prevention-resources/help-lines in Finland?

[rm]

ETA: THANK YOU. Person has been in contact with family which has now gone to their place, so they seem to be safe. Thank you again.

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Info needed ASAP for an LJ'er.

They are having a hard time finding available resource to call on a Sunday night at 9pm there.

I figure there's 1,200 of you all over the place, anyone know anything. People are totally on the Google, so we're sort of looking for locals with better info than we can find.

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[yamx]

In most of Europe, the local equivalent of 911 (I don't know what it is in Finland) will take people who're considering suicide to a psychiatric hospital immediately. Not sure if the person in question would want that, but I know at least one person who's life was saved that way. (They were admitted overnight and then released the next day with meds and follow-up appointments.)

[rm.livejournal.com]

That's one of the options we're trying to get them to pursue. Thank you for repsonding.

[yamx]

I looked up the Samaritans helpline for Finland. It's not just suicide prevention, more of a general crisis thing, but suicide is one of the things they're trained for. (I'd assume it'd be the same in Finland.)

Itsemurhien ehkäisykeskus, SOS - palvelu
Liikkuva yksikkö
KRIISILINJA
Helpline 1: 01019-0071
Website: www.evl.fi/kkh/to/kpk/pap.html

[rm.livejournal.com]

Yup, passed that one along. Don't know if the person in need has tried it yet. A bunch of resources got posted to them at once, although I am hoping we hear something more soon.

Thank you!

[kiia.livejournal.com]

Don't know if you have this yet:

http://www.suicide.org/hotlines/international/finland-suicide-hotlines.html

Hotline: 09-731391
Hotline: 040-5032199

[rm.livejournal.com]

Yeah, apparently no one was there.

Thanks for responding!

[hab318princess.livejournal.com]

The European Equivalent of 911 is 112 - same number pretty much everywhere in the European Union Dial the emergency number 112 in
genuine emergencies
• when someone’s life, health, property or the environment is
threatened or in danger
• or if you have cause to assume this to be the case.
1. Help ...................................... Apua
2. Emergency...................Hätätilanne
3. Emergency number ...Hätänumero
4. Emergency call ........... Hätäpuhelu
5. Emergency response centre (ERC)
....................................Hätäkeskus
6. Call 112 ......................... Soita 112
7. Address .............................. Osoite
8. Telephone ........................Puhelin
9. Child ................................... Lapsi
10. Adult ..............................Aikuinen
11. Elderly person ..................Vanhus
12. Ambulance ............... Ambulanssi
13. Fire service ..................Palokunta
14. Police ................................. Poliisi
15. Accident ................Onnettomuus
16. Fire .................................. Tulipalo
17. Hospital ..........................Sairaala
18. Sudden attack of illness ..............
..............................Sairaskohtaus
19. Traffi c accident ...................Kolari
20. Assault ..................... Pahoinpitely
21. Theft ...............................Varkaus
A useful glossary

PS: I goolged 'suicide help finland' - this post came up top of the list

[mentallill.livejournal.com]

112 is the emergency phone number on all GSM phones. It might help to know you can call this number without a SIM card in the phone.

The 010190071 number is church-run, it seems. That might help, or not.

[kata-elf.livejournal.com]

It seems the situation is better now (thank goodness), but if she/he needs to talk to someone in the future there's church' 010190071 number which was also suggested above and can be called sun-thu til 1 am and fri-sat til 3 am, and 010195202 which is the national crisis phone (mon-sat til 6 am, sun 10 pm).

[lookingaround17.livejournal.com]

I'm glad it seems resolved, and I read hel_sanomat here as a feed: it's a Helsinki-area newspaper online that may have a lot of helpful links and info for future. I read the English-language version--