Suicide - Berges

Question 1

12.5/100,000

Answer 1

suicide rate

Question 2

epidemiology suicide

Answer 2

male
white
elderly
single
with med problems

also - single white male - 40-55yo and 15-24yo

Question 3

women

Answer 3

3x more attempts at suicide

-but don’t do it successfully

Question 4

fam hx

Answer 4

suicide

Question 5

black females

Answer 5

low rates of suicide

Question 6

90% suicide

Answer 6

major psych illness

Question 7

women

Answer 7

3x more likely attempt

Question 8

men

Answer 8

10x more likely to be successful

Question 9

completers

Answer 9

lethal means - firearms

Question 10

antisocial

Answer 10

suicide by police

Question 11

attempter

Answer 11

reach out to other - to be rescued

Question 12

egoistic

Answer 12

excessive individualism

apathetic

skeptical, disillusioned

matter of factness

Question 13

altruistic

Answer 13

insufficient individualism

take life to nirvana

military, religious martyrs, kamikaze pilots - sense of duty

Question 14

anomic

Answer 14

deregulated, impulsive

lack of restraint

irritated, angered, violent

murder/suicide

Question 15

fatalistic

Answer 15

too much against them to cope

prisoner/slave

people locked in situation
-young guy got girl pregnant - overwhelmed

Question 16

post partum psychosis

Answer 16

paranoia, hallucinations, child is devil, kill child or father

require hospitalization - and antipsychotics

Question 17

early dementia

Answer 17

suicide may occur

screen demented for depression

Question 18

assessing suicide patient - SAD PERSONS

Answer 18

sex
age
depression
previous attempt
ethanol abuse
rational thinking use
social support lacking
organized plan
no spouse
sickness

Question 19

assess suicide patient

Answer 19

always

• ask thought life not worth living
• ask thoughts hurting themselves or others
• ask specific plan for committing suicide
• ask if they have attempted suicide in past - pt are at greater risk