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NURSING 1111
Suicide Chapter 23
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Completed Suicides | In 2001, suicide was the eleventh leadin cause of death, with 30,622 age-adjusted rate of 10.7 per 100,000 (NIMH). |
| Copycat suicides | Follows a highly publicized suicide of a public figure, an idol, or a peer in the community. Adolescents have a special risk of impulsive suicide. |
| Lethality | Indicates how quickily a person would die by that mode, a method can be classified as higher or lower risk. |
| No-suicide (No-harm contract) | Particular aspect of counseling. A written contract in which the client agrees not to harm himself or herself but to take an alternative action if feeling suicidual (talk with staff, call a crisis line). |
| Parasuicide | (Nonfatal self-injury with a clear intent to cause bodily harm or death) is a common event. Clear risk factor for suicide; 1/2 people who kill themselves have a history of parasuicide. Parasuicide with lethal intent requires hospitalization. |
| Postvention (Tertiary intervention) | Therapeutic interventions with the family and friends of a person who has committed suicide to reduce the traumatic afteraffects. |
| Primary intervention | Activities that provide support, information, and education to prevent suicide. |
| Psychological autopsies | Retrospective reviews of the deceased person's life |
| Psychological autopsies | Help base extensive data that are available about risk factors for suicide. |
| SAD PERSONS scale | A simple, clearcut, and practical guide for gauging a suicide potential. |
| Secondary intervention | Treatment of the acutal suicidal crisis. Practice in clinics, in hospitals, and on telephone hotlines. |
| Suicidal ideation | Thoughts a person has regarding killing himself or herself |
| Suicide | The ultimate act of self-destruction in which a person purposefully ends his or her own life. |
| Suicide Attempt | Any willful, self-inflicted, lifethreatening attempt at suicide that did not lead to death. |
| Tertiary invention | Inventions with the family and friends of a person who has commited suicide to reduce the traumatic aftereffects. |
| Overt | I can't take it anymore. |
| Covert | It's OK now. Soon evertything will be fine. |
| Overt | Life isn't worth living anymore. |
| Overt | I wish I were dead. |
| Overt | Everyone would be better off if I died. |
| Covert | Things will never work out. |
| Covert | I won't be a problem much longer. |
| Covert | Nothing feels good to me anymore, and probably never will. |
| Covert | How can I give my body to medical science? |
| Overt Statements | Are generalized; Open unconcealed |
| Covert Statements | Are on the snicky side, must assess and figure it out; Disgusing |
| Who (age group) makes fewer attempts but are more successful? | Elderly |
| What are suicide gestures? | Non-lethal self injurous acts "attention seeking" |
| What are suicide threats? | Verbal statements |
| What is a suicide attempt? | Implementation of act with purpose to end life. |
| If Annie, a 76 year old female, gave away her mother's hair pin and her favorite watch what should the nurse do? | Take seriously and assess the client for risk of suicide. |
| Is suicide higher in men or women? | Higher in men. 8th leading cause of death for men; 19th leading cause of death for women. |
| What is the most common method of suicide for both men & women? | Firearms is the most common. |
| What are somatic conditions assoicated with increased sucicide risk? | (blank) |
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