Essential Features Framework25
| Definition and example features | |
| General information about suicide | |
| Information about suicide including risk factors and warning signs, dispelling myths about suicide and information regarding how to support someone who is suicidal | |
| Wellness | |
| Tools to promote well-being such as mindfulness and relaxation exercises | |
| Positivity and inspiration | |
| Content such as inspirational messages, quotes from individuals with lived experience and suggested reasons for living | |
| Distraction and alternate activities | |
| Tools and suggestions to support users such as coping strategies and distraction activities | |
| Safety planning | |
| A tool to help someone cope with suicidal thoughts, or to support someone who experiences suicidal thoughts. Includes ways to recognise when someone may be nearing a crisis, coping strategies to use, and useful sources of support to contact (eg, family, friends, clinicians, helplines)37 | |
| Screening tools | |
| Tools used for identifying and monitoring mood, screening for psychological distress or ‘suicide risk’ | |
| Helpful resources (for help-seeking) | |
| Information and contact details for suicide prevention helplines, mental health services and emergency departments | |
| Immediate help-seeking | |
| Fast access to immediate help such as links to suicide helplines and emergency services on the app homepage | |