Lesson 2 Life can be difficult for everyone at times. Suicide Prevention With adequate help and support, people suffering from mental and emotional problems

Lesson Lesson 22Life can be difficult for everyone at times.

Suicide Prevention

With adequate help and support, people suffering from mental and emotional problems can often find new purpose and happiness.

Challenges

Responsibilities

Pressures

Emotional Overload

Alienation

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• List the warning signs of suicide

• Determine strategies to prevent suicides and strategies for coping with depression

In this lesson, you will learn to:

Lesson Objectives

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This emotional overload can lead to depression or alienation.

Why Do People Feel Suicidal?

Some people try to escape their pain through suicide.

Challenges, responsibilities, and troubling life events can seem overwhelming.

Suicide Prevention

Lesson Lesson 22Some Risk Factors That May Lead to Suicide

• Depression or other mental disorders

• Alcohol or drug abuse

• History of physical or sexual abuse

• History of other suicide attempts

• Family history of emotional disorders or suicides

Suicide Risk Factors

Lesson Lesson 22Teen Suicide: Recognizing the Warning Signs

Suicide Risk Factors

Lesson Lesson 22How You Can Help Prevent Suicide

• Recognize the warning signs of suicide.

• Take seriously any talk about committing suicide.

• Never bargain with someone who is thinking about suicide.

• Show concern and empathy.

Strategies to Prevent Suicide

Lesson Lesson 22Helping Others

When you are with someone who appears to be suicidal, show you care by following these steps:

• Initiate a meaningful conversation.

• Show support and ask questions.

• Try to persuade the person to seek help.


Lesson Lesson 22Multiple Suicides

Sometimes within a teen population, cluster suicides occur.

• Some cluster suicides are the result of pacts or agreements between two or more people to take part in suicide.

• Others result when individuals commit suicide in response to the suicide of a friend or a suicide that has been sensationalized in the media.


Lesson Lesson 22Guidelines for Preventing Cluster Suicides

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) recommends:

• Evaluation and counseling of close friends and relatives of suicide victims, as they may be at high risk for suicide.

• That the media report on suicides in a way that does not glorify the victim, oversimplify the victim’s motivation, or portray the suicide as an understandable response to pressure or emotional pain.


Lesson Lesson 22Quick Review

1. Excitement to see and socialize with friends

2. An unusual obsession with death

3. Violent actions or rebellious behavior

4. Intolerance for praise or rewards

Q. Which of the following is not a warning sign of suicide?

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Quick Review - Answer

A. 1. Excitement to see and socialize with friends

Excitement to see and socialize with friends is not typically a warning sign of suicide.


Q. A history of physical or sexual

abuse would be considered a suicide risk factor, but common teenage depression and alcohol and drug abuse would not.

True

False

Choose the appropriate option.

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A. False. Suicide risk factors include all of the following:

depression, alcohol and drug abuse, and a history of physical or sexual abuse.


Q. It’s okay to try bargaining with

someone who’s thinking about suicide if you don’t think he or she will really go through with it.

True

False

Choose the appropriate option.

Lesson Lesson 22Quick Review - Answer

A. False. Never bargain with someone who is thinking

about suicide. Any discussion about suicide requires immediate intervention. Seek adult assistance without delay.

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Sometimes within a teen population, cluster suicides occur.

• Some cluster suicides are the result of pacts or agreements between two or more people to take part in suicide.

• Others result when individuals commit suicide in response to the suicide of a friend or a suicide that has been sensationalized in the media.

Multiple Suicides

Cluster suicides are a series of suicides occurring within a short period of time and involving several people in the same school or community.

Cluster suicides are a series of suicides occurring within a short period of time and involving several people in the same school or community.


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Alienation is feeling isolated and separated from everyoneelse.

Alienation is feeling isolated and separated from everyoneelse.

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Suicide is the act of intentionallytaking one’s own life.

Suicide is the act of intentionallytaking one’s own life.

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A. Correct! “Excitement to see and socialize with

friends” is not typically a warning sign of suicide.



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You have answered the question incorrectly. Go back to try again, or click Next to view the correct answer.


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A. Correct! Suicide risk factors include all of the following:

depression, alcohol and drug abuse, and a history of physical or sexual abuse.



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A. Correct! Never bargain with someone who is thinking

about suicide. Any discussion about suicide requires immediate intervention. Seek adult assistance without delay.


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Lesson 2 Life can be difficult for everyone at times. Suicide Prevention With adequate help and support, people suffering from mental and emotional problems