Suicide Flashcards
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Hard methods
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High risk methods (i.e. using a gun, jumping, hanging)
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Parasuicide
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Bodily injury with clear intent to cause bodily harm or death
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Soft Methods
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Low risk methods (i.e. slashing wrists, ingesting pills)
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SAD PERSONS scale
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Simple guide for triaging potentially suicidal patients
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Primary Intervention
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Activities that provide support, information and education to prevent suicide
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Secondary Intervention
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Tx of the actual suicidal crisis
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Tertiary Intervention
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Postvention; interventions with family & friends of someone who has committed suicide
7
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No-suicide contract
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No-harm contract; pt agrees to take alternative action if feeling suicidal (i.e. crisis line, talk with staff)
