QPR
What does QPR stand for and who needs to know it?
Q=Question
P= Persuade
R=Refer
EVERYONE DOES!
11.5 minutes
Myth or Fact:
Confronting a person about suicide will only make them angry and increase the risk of suicide?
MYTH:
Asking someone DIRECTLY about suicidual intent lowers anxiety, opens lines of communication and reduces the risk of an impulsive act.
TRUE OR FALSE:
Suicide warning signs can be direct or indirect?
TRUE
TRUE OR FALSE
QPR = is NOT intended to be a form of counseling or treatment?
True
QPR = IS intended to offer hope through positive action.
What is the 24/7 confidential Crisis Text Line number?
What is the 24/7 confidential Crisis Call Line number?
741741 text 4HOPE to 741-741
988
In ages 10-14 suicide is the _____ leading cause of death in the US?
3rd leading cause
2nd leading cause
MYTH or FACT?
Most teens who have a friend that tells them they want to die by suicide will seek help?
MYTH
Most teens will not tell an adult if a friend is completing suicide.
What are 4 clues and warnings signs?
1. Threats to hurt or kill self
2. Withdrawing from family and friends
3. Personality changes...not usually angry and now is
4. Engaging in reckless behaviors...partying, risk taking and giving up
Remember, suicide is not the problem, only the solution to a perceived insoluble problem
What step is this in the QPR layout?
Question
Persuade
Refer
This is how to Persuade someone to stay alive
1. Show you care
2. Never keep it a secret
3. Talk to a trusted adult
12th leading cause
MYTH or FACT:
Suicide is the most preventable kind of death, and almost any positive action may save a life?
"I wish I were dead."
Is this a
A) Direct Verbal Clue
B) Indirect Verbal Clue
C) Behavioral Clue
A) Direct Verbal Clue
If your gut feeling is telling you to ask someone if they are suicidual and they tell you "NO" should you ask again?
Yes = If you gut feeling is that they are suicidual then ask them again in a different or a more direct way. They might think you are not really concerned or interested in knowing the truth.
How is QPR like CPR?
CPR is an emergency MEDICAL intervention to help stabilize your breathing and/or life
and
QPR is an emergency MENTAL HEALTH intervention to help with suicidal people
A) 3,000
B) 1,644
C) 2,525
B) 1,644
MYTH or FACT:
Most suicidual people communicate their intent sometime during the 1 week preceding their attempt?
FACT:
two weeks before they usually start to withdrawl, not care about grades, lack of motivation then one week before they might start to have personality changes and start being more verbal about wanting to die.
TRUE OR FALSE:
"I just want out" is a Direct Verbal Clue?
FALSE:
This is an INDIRECT Verbal Clue as it is suggesting they are wanting to die
"You're not thinking about killing yourself, are you?"
Is this an example of:
Direct way of asking?
Indirect way of asking?
How not to ask?
How NOT to ask the suicide question.
This makes it sound more like you are asking " you're not going to do something dumb right?
What is a gatekeeper?
This could be:
HS Coach
Clergyperson
Friend
True or false?
Experiencing or witnessing trauma can increase the risk of suicide?
EX: Rape, Soliders exposed to combat, or Police Officers
True
MYTH or FACT:
Those who talk about suicide don't do it.
MYTH:
People who talk about suicide may try, or even complete, an act of self-destruction
TRUE or FALSE:
Being expelled from school or fired from a job
Giving away prized possessions
Unexplained anger, aggression and irritability
Are all behavioral clues?
FALSE:
Being expelled from school or fired from a job is a Situational Clue
What are 4 of the Emotional Reactions to Suicide we need to overcome and why?
Fear & Denial = When someone is talking about suicide seriously FEAR is the natural reaction leading to Denial which is how we cope when confronted with something too terrible to contemplate.
Shock & Anger = "How can this be?" SHOCK which can lead to ANGER why didn't they come to me sooner and talk?