113Online

113Online appears in the book’s closing suicide-prevention guidance as one of three places readers can turn for support or more information. Its role in the text is public-facing rather than part of the plot: the book names the resource but does not describe its services or operations.

Public-Facing Recommendation

The closing guidance gives a Dutch context for the recommendation: around half a million people in the Netherlands experience suicidal thoughts each year, and more than 99 percent manage with help from people around them or from a care provider. It presents seeking help as effective, then lists 113Online alongside psychischegezondheid.nl and the Ivonne van de Ven Foundation. The resource is therefore situated within a broader appeal to seek support, not singled out as the only route to it.

Context of Suicide Prevention

The recommendation follows a narrative in which access to medication can sharply alter the conditions of a suicidal crisis. When Emma is admitted, Rajid explains that she had collected medication intending to take it all at once; he argues that the stockpile must be removed so that a future crisis does not leave lethal means immediately within reach. Elsewhere, a missing bag of pills becomes an urgent problem when Beatrice cannot bring herself to return it to the nursing staff. These scenes show why the closing appeal to seek help accompanies attention to practical safety, without suggesting that 113Online itself carried out any intervention in the story.

Help Within and Beyond Institutions

The book also portrays how care depends on access and continuity. For an inpatient seeking a doctor’s appointment, a request passes from the patient to nursing staff, through a morning meeting and a psychiatrist, and then to the secretary for scheduling; the narrator contrasts this chain with the five-minute process for an outpatient and stresses that delays can stretch across weekends. Staff shortages further constrain ward care, while the narrator describes nurses’ sustained attention as a distinctive part of their support. Against that institutional backdrop, the final mention of 113Online extends the book’s call for help beyond the ward and into the resources available to readers.