NUR 401 Lecture Notes - Lecture 6: Etiology, Psychoeducation, Crisis Management
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Suicide: one of the major health problems in the united states, several goals of healthy people 2020 address suicide, >90% of suicides in the u. s. are associated with mental illness or alcohol/substance abuse (insel, 2010) Myths (box 15. 1, p. 227: people who talk about suicide never do it, suicide happens without warning, suicidal people are fully intent on dying, suicide occurs more frequently during the holidays. Improvement after a suicide crisis means that the risk is over. Epidemiology of suicide: 10th leading cause of death, a suicide occurs every 13. 7 minutes in the united states, mountain regions have the highest rate of suicide (fig. 15. 1: suicides can be disguised as vehicular accidents or homicides, suicide can occur across the lifespan, https://www. youtube. com/watch?v=sokcgj1fv4a. I: ideation: s: substance use, increased use, p: purposelessness, a: anxiety, t: trapped feeling, h: hopelessness, w: withdrawal, a: anger, r: recklessness, m: mood changes.
