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ELI5:How a suicide hotline works

It has always intrigued me wondering how they work and how successful they are.
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I know someone with years of work at a crisis management center. what i thought was really interesting is she told me when someone calls in and they immediately say they are going to kill themselves, it's a cry for help thing and they don't really worry too much.

But if the person talks about everything but suicide, THAT is a huge red flag. like if they start listing all their problems and mistakes. That is when you need to be the most worried  because this person has already decided they are going to die, they just want to explain themselves to another person first.