Celtic
Suicide ...My son attempted it, he never told anyone about it, he just did it. I think mostly a person who is serious about it does not want help, but only to end the pain.
Depression feelings of helplessness can lead to suicide.
A person in this condition does not want words of wisdom about life or some idiot telling him to get layed with some woman or please look at my website etc.
I agree with TR, that unless you really know the person there is little you can do effectively.
A suicidal Person is not going to think to himself: "I will just look at this information first".
A cry for help can be dealt with in a compassionate way, I find that some female posters on this forum are very good with empathy.
Radar