Suicide Prevention Flashcards
The voluntary act of ending one’s life with explicit or inferred intent to die. Sometimes called suicide completion
Suicide
all suicide-related behaviors and thoughts of
completing or attempting suicide and suicidal ideation
Suicidality
Thinking about and planning one’s own death.
Suicidal ideation
Nonfatal, self-inflicted destructive act with
explicit or implicit intent to die
Suicide attempt
The probability that a person will die from a suicide attempt
Lethality
Suicide peaks during ? – 2nd peak age ?
middle age
75 and older
Male suicide completion ? than females
4X
White middle-aged ? years of age – 70%
male 45 – 65
Use of firearms most prominent True or False
Truse Special in men
The main two risk factors of suicide
Preious Attempt
Hopelessness
Risk Assessment Put in older of priority
Elicitation of a plan
Identification of suicidal ideation
Determination of the severity of intent
Suicide assessment is always a priority
Evaluation of availability of means
Suicide assessment is always a priority
Identification of suicidal ideation
Elicitation of a plan
Determination of the severity of intent
Evaluation of availability of means
Ensuring safety
Imminent risk:
Expect setbacks
Intermediate and long-term risk:
Reconnecting the patient to other people and instilling hope
Imminent risk:
Understand triggers, develop coping and goals
Intermediate and long-term risk:
