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Suicide

Suicide. Interventions Before & After. The Suicidal Perspective. The person feels: hopeless helpless worthless looking for a way to end their pain (and sometimes to punish the survivors) stressed and depressed. Assessing for Suicidal Lethality. S A D P A R S O N S.

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Suicide

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  1. Suicide Interventions Before & After

  2. The Suicidal Perspective • The person feels: • hopeless • helpless • worthless • looking for a way to end their pain (and sometimes to punish the survivors) • stressed and depressed

  3. Assessing for Suicidal Lethality • S • A • D • P • A • R • S • O • N • S

  4. Assessing for Suicidal Lethality • SEX • AGE • DEPRESSION • PREVIOUS ATTEMPTS • ALCOHOL/DRUG ABUSE • RATIONAL THINKING LOSS • SOCIAL SUPPORT LACKING • ORGANIZED PLAN • NO LIFE PARTNER • SICKNESS

  5. Assess with RIGOR • Recognition of Intention • “Ideas-in-the-Head” Myth • Gradual Questioning • Organized Plan • Referral Network • Andrew J. Weaver, “Suicide Prevention: What Clergy Need to Know,” J. of Psychology & Christianity 12 (1), 1993, 70-79. And Harold G. Koenig & Andrew J. Weaver, Counseling Troubled Older Adults. Nashville: Abingdon, 1997, 71.

  6. Third leading cause of death for adolescents Male adolescents are 5 times more likely to commit suicide than females, although females attempt suicide more often than males Rate higher among whites than nonwhites Warning signs School problems Frequent incidents of self-destructive behavior Loss of appetite or excessive eating Withdrawal from others Sleeping problems Signs of depression Preoccupation with death Putting affairs in order Announcement of thoughts of suicide Adolescent Suicide

  7. Adolescent Suicide

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