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AANTWStressDepressionSuicide10.3107 (Rev. 10.1807b)

AANTWStressDepressionSuicide10.3107.ppt (Rev. 10.1807b). Signs & Symptoms of Stress, Depression, & Suicidal Thinking in Farm/Ranch Families & What to Do October 31, 2007, 1:45-3:15, Sacramento, CA. By Robert J. Fetsch, Ph.D., Extension Specialist, Human Development & Family Studies

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AANTWStressDepressionSuicide10.3107 (Rev. 10.1807b)

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  1. AANTWStressDepressionSuicide10.3107.ppt (Rev. 10.1807b)

  2. Signs & Symptoms of Stress, Depression, & Suicidal Thinking in Farm/Ranch Families& What to DoOctober 31, 2007, 1:45-3:15, Sacramento, CA By Robert J. Fetsch, Ph.D., Extension Specialist, Human Development & Family Studies Colorado State University Director, Colorado AgrAbility Project

  3. Farming and Ranching are among the most dangerous occupations in the U.S. • HANDOUT: Farm and Ranch Family Stress and Depression: A Checklist and Guide for Making Referrals

  4. What do you think the leading external causes of death on Colorado ranches/farms have been?

  5. What do you think the leading external causes of death on Colorado ranches/farms have been? • 1) Suicide • 2) Animals • 3) Tractors

  6. Farming and Ranching are among the most dangerous occupations in the U.S. • Historically, the leading external cause of death on Colorado farms and ranches has been: 1) suicide, 2) animal incidents, and 3) tractor rollovers (1). (1) T. Daniels (personal communication, August 22, 2000).

  7. Farming and Ranching are among the most dangerous occupations in the U.S. • Between 2000 and 2004 the external cause of death for one out of five Colorado farmers and ranchers who died was suicide. Source: K. Bol, e-mail communication, October 20, 2005, Health and Statistics Section of Colorado Department of Health and Environment.

  8. Farming and Ranching are among the most dangerous occupations in the U.S. • Colorado ranked 7th in U.S. for all suicides @ 16.0/100,000 in 2003.(1) • U.S. suicide rate was 10.7/100,000 in 2004.(2) Sources: (1) National Vital Statistics Reports, Vol. 54, No. 13, April 19, 2006 http://www.cdc.gov/nchs/fastats/pdf/mortality/nvsr54_13_t29.pdf (2) National Vital Statistics Reports, Vol. 54, No. 19, June 28, 2006 http://www.cdc.gov/nchs/data/nvsr/nvsr54/nvsr54_19.pdf

  9. Suicide rates per 100,000 population by state and US Source: Retrieved April 5, 2007 from http://webapp.cdc.gov/sasweb/ncipc/mortrate.html

  10. Suicide rates per 100,000 population by state and US Source: Retrieved September 27, 2007 from http://webapp.cdc.gov/sasweb/ncipc/mortrate.html

  11. Suicide rates per 100,000 population by state and US Source: Retrieved September 27, 2007 from http://webapp.cdc.gov/sasweb/ncipc/mortrate.html

  12. Suicide rates per 100,000 population by state and US Source: Retrieved September 27, 2007 from http://webapp.cdc.gov/sasweb/ncipc/mortrate.html

  13. Suicide rates per 100,000 population by state and US Source: Retrieved September 27, 2007 from http://webapp.cdc.gov/sasweb/ncipc/mortrate.html

  14. Suicide rates per 100,000 population by state and US Source: Retrieved September 27, 2007 from http://webapp.cdc.gov/sasweb/ncipc/mortrate.html

  15. Suicide rates per 100,000 population by state and US Source: Retrieved October 24, 2006 from http://webapp.cdc.gov/sasweb/ncipc/mortrate.html

  16. Suicide rates per 100,000 population by state and US Source: Retrieved October 24, 2006 from http://webapp.cdc.gov/sasweb/ncipc/mortrate.html

  17. Suicide rates per 100,000 population by state and US Source: Retrieved October 24, 2006 from http://webapp.cdc.gov/sasweb/ncipc/mortrate.html

  18. Suicide rates per 100,000 population by state and US Source: Retrieved September 27, 2007 from http://webapp.cdc.gov/sasweb/ncipc/mortrate.html

  19. Suicide rates per 100,000 population by state and US Source: Retrieved September 27, 2007 from http://webapp.cdc.gov/sasweb/ncipc/mortrate.html

  20. Suicide rates per 100,000 population by state and US Source: Retrieved September 27, 2007 from http://webapp.cdc.gov/sasweb/ncipc/mortrate.html

  21. Suicide Death Rates, United States, 2003

  22. Suicide Death Rates, United States, 2004

  23. 2003 U. S. Suicide Rate by State Top Quintile

  24. 2004 U. S. Suicide Rate by State Top Quintile

  25. National Institute of Mental Health Current Suicide Rates in U. S.

  26. Western Mountain States have the highest suicide death rates. • Men aged between 35-54 years account for 50% of suicides between 1999-2002. (1) • Every 11 days another Coloradoan dies from a completed suicide. (2) • Retrieved October 24, 2005 from http://webapp.cdc.gov/sasweb/ncipc/mortrate.html • Retrieved October 24, 2005 from http://www.suicideresourcecenter.org/about.htm

  27. Western Mountain States have the highest suicide death rates. • The risk of suicide death increases among older men and is especially high for 75 years plus. • Most are white and not married.

  28. What are risk and protective factors? • Unemployment and job loss (risk) • Living alone (risk) • Recent Hispanic immigration (protective) Colorado Trust, 2002, pp. 66-67.

  29. What are common predictors of suicide? Source: Colorado Trust, 2002, p. 8 • Being an older, white male with risk increasing with age—1/2 suicide deaths are by white males 35 years+. • Work problems, unemployment—1/3 who commit suicide are unemployed at the time of their death.

  30. Farming and Ranching are among the most dangerous occupations in the U.S. HANDOUT: Farm and Ranch Family Stress and Depression: A Checklist and Guide for Making Referrals

  31. How do I find resources for depression? • HANDOUT: Take advantage of the resources on the AgrAbility Resource List.

  32. How do I find resources for depression? Call 1-800-SUICIDE 24 x 7 for a live trained person to talk with and to find local resources.

  33. How do I find resources for depression? To find Marriage & Family Therapists, http://therapistlocator.net To find Colorado counselors & therapists, https://www.doradls.state.co.us/alison.php

  34. Be careful out there.Take good care of yourselves!

  35. Thank you very much!

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