Suicide & Non-Suicide Self-Injury
Aggression turned inward
Freud
- Wish to kill - Wish to be killed - Wish to die
Menninger's 3 parts to suicide hostility
- Have you ever felt that life was not worth living? - Have you been thinking about death recently? - Did you ever think about suicide? - Have you ever attempted suicide? - Do you have a plan for completing suicide? - If so, what is your plan for suicide?
Questions you could ask to assess for suicide ideation?
Combination of suicidal fantasies & significant loss
Diathesis-stress-model
Self-injury directed to the surface of the body to induce relief from a negative feeling/cognitive state or to achieve a positive mood state
Nonsuicidal Self-Injury
Thinking about killing oneself
Suicidal Ideation
Central emotional factor is hopelessness
Aaron Beck
A person with which psychiatric problem is most likely to complete suicide? A.Personality disorder B.Major depression C.Substance abuse D.Schizophrenia
B. Major depression
Suicide successfully resulting in death
Completed Suicide
Which method of suicide has the highest lethality? A.Ingesting pills B.Cutting one's wrists C.Inhaling natural gas D.Self-inflicted gunshot wound
D. Self-inflicted gunshot wound
Intentional act of killing oneself by any means
Suicide