SUICIDE PREVENTION

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• SUICIDE PREVENTION

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ENABLING OBJECTIVES

• Define Suicide
• Discuss Suicides most common causes
• List the common Suicide risk
  factors and common Suicide warnings
• Identify individuals role in suicide
  prevention and helping resources

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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.

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Suicide PreventionSuicide Causes/Facts

• Relationships and/or family problems
• Depression
• Job
• Poor Self-esteem
• Stress
• Health
• Finances
• Loss of Hope

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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

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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

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Suicide Myths

• Dont stereotype
• People who threaten suicide dont commit suicide
• People who have been unsuccessful are not serious
  about committing suicide

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Individuals Role in Suicide Prevention

• Remember to
• WATCH!
• LISTEN!
• REPORT!

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ANYQUESTIONS?