About NowMattersNow

About company

NowMattersNow.org was developed to address healthcare patient preferences and gaps in accessibility by making evidence-based content from taxpayer-funded research more readily available, both for healthcare providers working with suicidal patients and for the public at large. The website includes content based on interventions known to be most effective for preventing suicidal behavior and suicide attempts (Dialectical Behavior Therapy skills), reducing suicidal thoughts (crisis lines, web-based self-help), and suicide death (caring messages and lethal means restriction). Those with lived expertise guided the development of NowMattersNow.org and the majority of the content is videos of people with lived experience (Team Now Matters Now). This “peer-delivered” public resource is not considered therapy or peer support, nor is it expected to replace therapy or peer support­, but the creators have expressed a goal of introducing evidence-based concepts and ideas to those who might not otherwise be exposed.