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by nh2 590 days ago
I have no expertise in this, but the first thing I would do is to call an expert on the topic that deals with such situations frequently.

Many countries have suicide helplines (both public and private). For example, googling "suicidal friends helpline [yourcountry]" returns for the UK:

https://www.nhs.uk/mental-health/feelings-symptoms-behaviour...

While many of these pages and helplines are targeted at the person going through the breakdown, I imagine they will also advise friends and family, and some pages are targeted specifically for them, for example this result (I have not read the full contents yet):

https://www.rethink.org/advice-and-information/carers-hub/ge...

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> I imagine they will also advise friends and family

They will definitely advise friends and family, although they may not have the proverbial silver bullet.