Mental Health Support Strategies

noun a word that represents a person, place, thing, or idea

verb a word that expresses an action or a state of being

adverb a word that modifies a verb, adjective, or another adverb

preposition a word that shows the relationship between a noun (or pronoun) and other words in a sentence

article a word that is used to specify a noun

• The crisis negotiator was able to successfully talk the distressed individual down from the roof.
• I had to talk my friend down from the roof last night after he had a few too many drinks.
• I can't believe I had to talk that guy down from the roof, he was so out of control.
• Sometimes in life, we all need someone to talk us down from the roof when things get overwhelming.