I disagree. The real goal of all intervention must be self-empowerment. Otherwise sooner or later it will repeat itself. I read somewhere that of the people

I disagree. The real goal of all intervention must be self-empowerment. Otherwise sooner or later it will repeat itself. I read somewhere that of the people who make half-hearted attempts to commit suicide, about 10% eventually kill themselves. Realizing it is a choice and not a valid cry for help is not likely to be a bad thing. I once knew a bus driver that confided in me that she was once in her childhood ready to commit suicide (ready as in all preparations made and about to commit the act), and realized the same thing, that she was in control of her life at that point. She wasn't an analytical thinker. So maybe there is something to this realization.