suicide-prevention center

a crisis-intervention facility dealing primarily with individuals who have suicidal thoughts or who have threatened or attempted suicide. Suicide-prevention centers are usually staffed by social workers or paraprofessionals who are trained to respond to such emergencies in person or over a telephone hotline. Suicide-prevention centers also provide community education and outreach, and staff may offer bereavement support to the relatives and loved ones of an individual who has died by suicide.

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Psychology term of the day

January 13th 2025

genetic psychology

the study of the development of mental functions in children and their transformation across the lifespan. In the 19th and early 20th centuries, the term was preferred over the synonymous developmental psychology.