Terminology
Act of purposeful harm to self; can be the individual's sole way of coping and not related to suicidality
What is self-injury / self/harm?
T/F: People who self-harm are suicidal.
What is False?
- Effective coping and problem solving skills
- Reasons for living (family, friends, pets)
- Strong sense of cultural identity
What are individual protective factors?
- Previous suicide attempt
- History of depression or other mental illness
- Serious illness such as chronic pain
- Current or prior history of ACEs
- Sense of hopelessness
What are individual risk factors?
A handout that is all about safety, for providers at DePaul Family and Community services.
What is the DePaul FCS Safety Plan handout?
the risk of suicide, usually indicated by suicidal ideation or intent, especially as evident in the presence of a well-elaborated suicidal plan
What is suicidality? (APA)
T/F: You can look at someone and tell they are having suicidal thoughts.
What is False?
- Support from partners, family, and friends
- Feeling connected
What are relationship protective factors?
- Bullying
- Family/ loved one's history of suicide or loss
- Social isolation
- High conflict or violent relationships
What are relationship risk factors?
This rating scale is from a well known university in New York City.
What is the Columbia-Suicide Severity Rating Scale (C-SSRS)?
thoughts about or a preoccupation with killing oneself, often as a symptom of a major depressive episode. Most instances of this do not progress to attempted suicide.
What is Suicidal Ideation? or SI (APA)
T/F: Does talking about suicidal thoughts and suicide prevention increase feelings of suicide?
What is False?
- Feeling connected to school, community, and other social institutions
- Availability of consistent physical and behavioral healthcare
What are community protective factors?
- Discrimination
- Stress of acculturation
- Historical trauma
- Community Violence
- Lack of access to healthcare
What are community risk factors?
Broader assessment of risk within local neighborhoods or process of gathering and organizing important information to develop a plan of ongoing safety.
What is Safety Mapping.
Factors that can contribute or increase the likelihood of attempting or dying by suicide
What are Risk Factors?
T/F: Young people can handle conversations about suicide.
What is True?
- Cultural, religious, or moral objections to suicide or create a sense of purpose or self-esteem
- Reduced access to lethal means of attempting suicide
What are societal protective factors?
- Stigmas associated with help-seeking and mental illness
- Unsafe media portrayals of suicide
What are societal risk factors?
n. a principle of professional ethics requiring providers of mental health care or medical care to limit the disclosure of a patient’s identity, their condition or treatment, and any data entrusted to professionals during assessment, diagnosis, and treatment. Similar protection is given to research participants and survey respondents against unauthorized access to information they reveal in confidence.
What is confidentiality? (APA)
Factors that can decrease the likelihood of attempting or dying by suicide
What are Protective Factors?
T/F: Once a person is intent on suicide, there are ways of stopping them.
What is True?
- Problem solving skills and coping skills, ability to adapt to change
- Promotes "resiliency"
What are life skills?
- This individual is available to assist in treatment planning
Who is my supervisor?
A set of guidelines within a place of education.
What are school protocols?
Ex) Chicago Public School protocols