If you are in immediate danger, call 911. To talk to someone now, call or text 988 (Suicide & Crisis Lifeline), 24/7.
A suicide risk assessment is a caring, confidential conversation about safety, distress, and the support needed now. StarMaris is not an emergency service. If danger is immediate, call 911. To talk to someone now, call or text 988. Help can start today.
The conversation is more than a score or a checklist. History, daily life, health, sleep, and goals are reviewed with current safety and who can help tonight. Those details keep one question from standing in for the whole person. You can pause at any point. You will not be rushed. Results lead to a personalized, evidence-based plan from a board-certified PMHNP.
A safety conversation matters when thoughts of suicide, overwhelming distress, or worry about someone else will not wait until another day.
Thoughts of suicide are present, even if there is no plan and no wish to act today.
Hopelessness, panic, or emotional pain feels too heavy to manage alone tonight.
Someone you love may be unsafe, and you need help starting a caring conversation.
Safety comes first. The visit can lead to a fuller psychiatric evaluation
and, when low mood is part of the picture, care related to depression . StarMaris is not an emergency service. If you are in immediate danger, call 911. To talk to someone now, call or text 988, 24/7. You can bring a support person. Help can start with one honest sentence.
The visit starts with a direct safety conversation, then current needs, then a plan for the next hours and days. You do not have to have the right words ready before you begin.
Say what is happening now. You will not be asked for details about any method.
Distress, sleep, supports, and what feels most urgent are explored with care and time.
Current safety is reviewed, including who can stay nearby if that would help tonight.
Next steps are planned together. Emergency care is used when danger is immediate, not later.
If you are worried about your safety or someone else’s, and you are not in immediate danger, Schedule Your Appointment or Call 407-616-1691. Help is available. If you are in crisis, call or text 988 or call 911.
Getting started with StarMaris is simple. Please complete the forms below before your first appointment to help us provide timely, personalized psychiatric care. Referring providers can submit patient referrals securely online. For questions, call us at 407-616-1691.