Suicide (COMPLETE)

Question 1

What is suicide

Answer 1

Death from deliberate self injury

Question 2

What is suicide ideation

Answer 2

thoughts of killing oneself

Question 3

What is suicide attempt

Answer 3

behaviour intended to kill self

Question 4

What is non-suicidal self-injury

Answer 4

behaviour intended to injure oneself without intent to kill oneself

Question 5

How many ppl die each year to suicide

Answer 5

over 700k

Question 6

What countries have the highest rates of suicide?

Answer 6

Russia, South Africa
baltic states

Question 7

What countries have the lowest rates of suicide?

Answer 7

Carribean/West Indies
some asian countries

Question 8

Are sucide rates increasing or decreasing

Answer 8

Technically decreasing but they are underreported in some regions due to social stigma
so it depends where you are

Question 9

Suicide in age

Answer 9

Most ppl 15-49 years old

fewer people committed 70 plus

Question 10

Correlation between suicide and sex

Answer 10

Suicidal ideation and attempts are more common among females

But males de more frequently to it

Why?
Stigma surrounding mens mental health, too afraid to get help

3:1 men women die to suicide

Question 11

Correlation between suicde and psychological disorders

Answer 11

90% of those who attempt are suffering from a psychological disorder

50% of those are clinically depressed at the time of attempt

5-7% of ppl diagnosed with BPD die from suicide

However, overwhelming majority of ppl with psychological disorders don’t die by suicide

Question 12

Why is it important to understand the risk factors for suicide

Answer 12

Helps establish and develop intervention and prevention strategies

Question 13

What are the social and environmental risk factors of suicide

Answer 13

Psychological disorder

economic events, ie. famine]

suicide contagion- publicity among celebrity suicides

marital status- higher amongst divorced ppl

social isolation/lack of social belonging

sexual or genre minority orientation

Question 14

What’s the genetic aetiology of suicide

Answer 14

Heritability high- up to 50 percent

Question 15

What’s the neurotransmitter/neuroendocrine aetiology of suicide

Answer 15

HPA axis dysregulation
and serotonin dysfunction

Question 16

What’s the cognitive aetiology of suicide

Answer 16

Impaired emotional regulation

impulsivity

impaired problem solving

reactive aggressive traits

Question 17

What’s the psychological aetiology of suicide

Answer 17

feels like a burden

Question 18

How’s suicide prevented

Answer 18

3 step theory of suicide
1. Pain and hopelessness
2. Connectedness
3. Suicide capacity

Have to distinguish between ideation and action

Question 19

How is suicide prevented

Answer 19

1. Means restriction- prevents ppl from committing suiciede,ie removing guns
2. removing the stigma- normalising the experience of distress and destigmatise help seeking
3. Public awareness- increase public knowledge of suicide and warning signs
4. gatekeeper training-GPS first line of defence- train individuals to recognise signs and make referrals ]
5. improve access to mental health screening and risk assessment