INCIDENCE AND PREVALENCE
The number of people who died by suicide in the U.S. in 2022.
What is over 49,000?
The gender is more likely to commit suicide.
What are males?
The mood disorder most commonly associated with suicide.
What is depression?
CAMS stands for.
What is Collaborative Assessment and Management of Suicidality?
A safety contract.
What is an assessment tool or deterrent for suicide?
The suicide rate among males compared to females in 2022.
What is approximately four times higher?
Name one method that men are more likely to use for suicide.
What are firearms?
The percentage of depressed individuals who commit suicide.
What is 15%?
One tool used during a semi-structured interview for assessing suicide.
What is the Columbia Suicide Severity Rating Scale?
The first step of a safety plan?
What is recognizing and identifying warning signs?
The number of adults who thought about suicide in 2022.
What is 13.2 million people?
Marital status associated with higher suicide rates.
What is divorced, separated, or widowed?
The personality disorder linked to higher para-suicidal behaviors.
What is borderline personality disorder?
The CASE assessment addresses these.
What are presenting, recent, past, and immediate suicide events?
May provide PMHNP with a false sense of security.
What are safety plans?
The frequency of a suicide occurring in the U.S.
What is every 11 minutes?
The race with the highest suicide rates among males.
What is white males?
The risk associated with command hallucinations.
What is increased risk of suicide?
One situation that requires hospitalization due to suicide risk.
What is a recent, serious suicide attempt, or presence of psychotic processes suggestive of lethality or the relaying of serious suicide intent by the patient?
Internal coping strategies.
What are strategies that can be employed without assistance?
The demographic with the highest rate of suicide attempts.
What is males ages 15-24?
The age group with the highest suicide rate for men and women after age 75.
What is the same rate for both sexes?
The group with the highest suicide rate.
What are prisoners?
2 Mnemonics to assist with assessing suicide risk factors.
What is SAD PERSONS OR IS PATH WARM?
One protective factor against suicide.
What are: good health, optimism, hope, sobriety, coping skills, impulse control, resiliency, access to mental and physical health care, pets, children, parents, religious beliefs, or strong family support systems.