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SUICIDE PREVENTION

SUICIDE PREVENTION. ENABLING OBJECTIVES. Define Suicide Discuss Suicide’s most common causes List the common Suicide risk factors and common Suicide warnings Identify individual’s role in suicide prevention and helping resources. Suicide Prevention.

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SUICIDE PREVENTION

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  1. SUICIDE PREVENTION

  2. ENABLING OBJECTIVES • Define Suicide • Discuss Suicide’s most common causes • List the common Suicide risk factors and common Suicide warnings • Identify individual’s role in suicide prevention and helping resources

  3. Suicide Prevention • Suicide is self-induced death, intentionally caused! • Suicide Attempt is an intentional act, causing physical self harm, where death would have occurred had there been no intervention • Suicide gesture is an intentional act, causing or intending to cause physical self-harm in a way normally associated with suicide, but which would not have caused death, even without intervention. • Suicide ideation is a statement or pattern of statements, words, or behaviors which reveal a preoccupation with the idea of self-induced death.

  4. Suicide PreventionSuicide Causes/Facts • Relationships and/or family problems • Depression • Job • Poor Self-esteem • Stress • Health • Finances • Loss of Hope

  5. Suicide Risk Factors • Problems with family, relationships, depression, job, Navy and/or finances • Made previous attempts • A family history of suicide • Experienced a recent suicide of friend or relative • Threaten suicide • Possession of a weapon • Specific, well thought out plans

  6. Potential Suicide Warning Signs Verbal statement Death of friend/relative Unusual interest in death Talk about feeling of worthlessness General decline Changes: sleep, diet, mood, personality Preparations Accident Prone

  7. Suicide Myths • Don’t stereotype • People who threaten suicide don’t commit suicide • People who have been unsuccessful are not serious about committing suicide

  8. Individual’s Role in Suicide Prevention • Remember to: WATCH! LISTEN! REPORT!

  9. ANYQUESTIONS?

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