NURS-3084EL Lecture Notes - Lecture 3: Bullying And Suicide, Suicidal Ideation, Problem Gambling
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Suicide threat - warning, direct or indirect, verbal or nonverbal, that a person is planning to take his or her own life. Suicidal behaviour - any self-directed actions taken by a person that will lead to death if not stopped. Death by suicide - death from self-inflicted injury, poisoning, or suffocation where evidence indicates that death was intentional. 90% of people who die by suicide have a diagnosable mental illness. There is no tool that can predict 100% who will die by suicide. Some people are more at risk for suicide, and we can assess that. Ask why they didn"t do it reasons to stay, hope. What is the patient"s reality/perception? intolerable, interminable, inescapable. Burr 4 & pcmh specifically design for suicide prevention: Intention is often to feel something , to let the bad feelings out or self-loathing i am not worthy . Loss of a close relationship in the previous 6 weeks.