Table 1.
Content of the interactive online intervention
| Chapter 1: Psychoeducation | |
| - Evidence-based health information: meaning of suicide respectively suicidality, frequency of suicide, possible causes of suicidality, warning signs, precipitating events, risk- and protective factors | |
| - Werther- and Papageno effect | |
| - Suicidality as a continuum | |
| - Suicide taboo: meaning and function of a taboo in general and for suicide in particular, reasons for tabooing suicide | |
| - Suicide stigma: meaning of stigma and stigmatization in general and concerning persons with experience of suicide, self-stigma, suicidality as consequence of stigmatization, difference between experienced and anticipated stigmatization, suicidality in various situations (migration background, serious physical dieseases, higher age, homosexual or bisexual orientation, transgender) | |
| - Selected results of the representative population survey | |
| - Falsities concerning suicidality opposed to reality | |
| Chapter 2: Experience reports on suicidality | |
| - Video reports and text messages by persons with an experience of suicide: e.g. understanding suicide attempts or thoughts, helpful strategies to deal with suicidality from the perspective of affected persons (e.g. “What helped me to deal with suicidal thoughts?”; “What helped me to deal with the suicide of a close person?”) | |
| Chapter 3: Strategies I - Behavior, Body, Mind, Feelings | |
| Strategies to deal with suicidality or stigmatization: | |
| - Explaination of the link between behavior, body, thoughts and feelings | |
| - Behavior: link between activity and well-being, creating a personal list of positive activities | |
| - Body: Progressive muscle relaxation | |
| - Mind: cognitive restructuring technique, questioning stigma related thoughts | |
| - Feelings: Psychoeducation about feelings, feelings connected with stigma, Mindfulness technique | |
| Chapter 4: Strategies II - Communication | |
| - How to talk about suicidality: communication tips | |
| Chapter 5: Personal goal setting | |
| - Personal goal setting according to “SMART” criteria (specific, measurable, agreed, realistic, and time specific). Three personal goals can be set. |