major components of suicide prevention

major components of suicide prevention

List of Questions:

• What are the major components of suicide prevention?

1. Do not leave the person alone. Get help as soon as possible.

2. Do not promise anyone that you will keep their suicidal thoughts a secret.

3. Tell a trusted friend/family member or someone whom you feel comfortable

• What are the statistics and demographic of suicides?

• What are the most common methods of suicides?

• Who is more prone to commit suicide?

1. Close to 800,000 people die due to suicide each year

2. Ingestion of pesticide, hanging and firearms are among the most common methods[unique_solution]

3. 10th leading cause of death in the US for all ages

4. 44,965 Americans die by suicide each year

5. Suicide does not discriminate. People of all genders, ages, and ethnicities can be at risk.

6. Men are more likely to die by suicide than women, but women are more likely to attempt to suicide.

• Why do people become suicidal?

1. Suicide is a complex issue involving numerous factors and should not be attributed to any one single cause. Not all people who die by suicide have been diagnosed with a mental illness and not all people with a mental illness attempt to end their lives by suicide.

People who experience suicidal thoughts and feelings are suffering with

tremendous emotional pain. People who have died by suicide typically had overwhelming

feelings of hopelessness, despair, and helplessness. Suicide is not about a moral weakness

or a character flaw. People considering suicide feel as though their pain will never end

and that suicide is the only way to stop the suffering.

Many factors and circumstances can contribute to someone’s decision to end

his/her life. Factors such as loss, addictions, childhood trauma or other forms of trauma,

depression, serious physical illness, and major life changes can make some people feel overwhelmed and unable to cope. It is important to remember that it isn’t necessarily the nature of the loss or stressor that is as important as the individual’s experience of these things feeling unbearable.

Suicide is Complex:

• Suicide is the result of actions taken to deal with intolerable mental anguish and pain, fear or despair that overwhelms an individual’s value for living and hope in life.

• While there is a well established link between suicide and depression, each suicide occurs in a unique mix of complex interconnected factors, individual, environmental, biological, psychological, social, cultural, historical, political and spiritual, including psychological trauma (both developmental and intergenerational).

• What are the different types of suicides?

1. Egoistic

2. Altruistic

3. Anomic

4. Fatalistic

• What are some warning signs that someone is suicidal?

• Talking about wanting to die or wanting to kill themselves

• Talking about feeling empty, hopeless, or having no reason to live

• Planning or looking for a way to kill themselves, such as searching online, stockpiling pills, or newly acquiring potentially lethal items (e.g., firearms, ropes)
• Talking about great guilt or shame

• Talking about feeling trapped or feeling that there are no solutions

• Feeling unbearable pain, both physical or emotional

• Talking about being a burden to others

• Using alcohol or drugs more often

• Acting anxious or agitated

• Withdrawing from family and friends

• Changing eating and/or sleeping habits

• Showing rage or talking about seeking revenge