No*, but unless you are properly trained and can prove it, it would potentially open you up to lawsuits from survivors. Also, if you don't know what you're doing, you could do more harm than good by distracting people from more effective help such as Crisis Line and other suicide intervention programs.
Why not volunteer with them, instead?
*That could actually vary, depending on the jurisdiction, but in most places it would not be illegal, just unhelpful.
Suicide Prevention Hotline EP was created on 2011-05-31.
Suicide Prevention Hotline - 2012 was released on: USA: 13 February 2012
the suicide hotline
The cast of Assisted Suicide Hotline - 2008 includes: Vanessa Lynne Smith Bryan Pugh
It is a hotline for people considering suicide to call and receive support in order that they will not go through with the act. Often people who consider suicide feel they have no one to talk to and these hotlines offer an outlet for them. They have saved countless lives! U.S. call 1-800-273-8255
Call a suicide helpline: *The National Suicide Helpline *A local suicide hotline.
Amateur Suicide Hotline - 2010 was released on: USA: 30 July 2010 (Roxbury International Film Festival)
Yes, when calling a suicide hotline you would definitely have a real person on the phone with you, to discuss your problems and your needs and circumstances.
attempted suicide is illegal.
If you are in the US, you can call the National Suicide Hotline at 1-800-273-8255 . <3
A 24 hour suicide chat is a hotline that anyone can call, any time of day, 365 days of the year. On the other end of the hotline are typically volunteers trained in suicide prevention. An example of one of these hotlines is 1-800-suicide
Yes, suicide or attempted suicide is illegal in all 50 states.