Here, the dependent variable is identified as the proclivity toward suicide. The researchers identify four independent variables due for measurement. These are identified as psychological distress, hopelessness, drug abuse, and relationship discord. (Kaslow et al., p. 13)
The study collected data using interviewing techniques that would occur within a 24 to 72 window of the subject's hospital admission. Findings would be measured in the categories of Psychological Risk Factor Variables and Interpersonal Risk Factor Variables. These would rely, respectively, on the 53-item Brief Symptom Inventory author by Derogatis & Spencer (1983) and the Locke-allace Martial Adjustment Tests (1959).

Multivariate Analysis would ultimately prove an appropriate strategy for statistical assessment for its capacity to incorporate a wide range of measurements into a single analytical discussion. According to the study, "A multivariate logistic regression model was con- structed that included the significant univariate risk factors (three demographic variables, four psycho- logical risk factors,…...

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Works Cited

Kaslow, N.; Thompson, M.; Meadows, L.; Chance, S.; Puett, R.; Hollins, L.; Jessee, S. & Kellerman, a. (2000). Risk Factors for Suicide Attempts Among African-American Women. Depression and Anxiety, 12, 13-20.

Lincoln, K.D.; Taylor, R.J.; Chatters, L.M. & Joe, S. (2012). Suicide, negative interaction and emotional support among black Americans. Social Psychiatry & Psychiatric Epidemiology,

Neelman, J.; Wessely, S. & Lewis, G. (1998). Suicide acceptability in African- and white Americans: the role of religion. Journal of Nervous and Mental Disorders, 186(1), 12-16.

Walker, R.L.; Lester, D. & Joe, S. (2006). Lay Theories of Suicide: An Examination of Culturally Relevant Suicide Beliefs and Attributions Among African-Americans and European-Americans. Journal of Black Psychology, 32(3), 320-334.

Suicide in Jails and Prisons
Suicide

Incidence of suicide in prisons

According to the World Health Organization, suicide is the most common cause of death in jails and prisons. The rate of suicide in penitentiaries is also high. These correctional facilities also have a role to play in ensuring their inmates are healthy and safe. This is the reason why a plan for prevention of suicide in correctional facilities is essential. Characteristics available from various sources suggest that certain populations have higher risk of committing suicide. These are young males at the age of about 15 to 49 years. Elderly inmates, specifically elderly males also have higher-than-average risk of committing suicide. The other groups are indigenous people, persons with issues relating to abuse of alcohol, drugs or other substances, and persons with mental illnesses. A report by the State of Montana Department of Corrections also suggests that having previously attempted to commit suicide…...

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References

Adams, K. (1992). Adjusting to Prison Life. Crime and Justice, 16, 275-359. doi: 10.2307/1147565

Alison, F. (2008). Deaths in Custody. BMJ: British Medical Journal, 336(7649), 845-846. doi: 10.2307/20509494

Alison, L. (1999). Prison Suicide and Prisoner Coping. Crime and Justice, 26, 283-359. doi: 10.2307/1147688

Conacher, G.N. (1996). Management of the Mentally Disordered Offender in Prisons: McGill-Queen's University Press.

Suicide
ates of suicide for adults between 35 and 64 years in the United States

According to date from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC&P), suicide rates among adults aged between 35 and 64 years are on the rise. The period from 1999 -- 2010 saw an annual age-adjusted rate of suicide in this age bracket increase by slightly over 28%. The findings also show that the three leading methods of committing suicide are use of firearms, poisoning and suffocation. In suffocation, hanging was the predominant method while in poisoning drug overdose was the most predominant method. Findings from this period show that the greatest increase in suicide methods was in hanging which saw an 81% increase while poisoning and firearms saw a 24% and 14% increase respectively Sullivan, Annest, Luo, Simon, & Dahlberg, 2013()

According to the report, men were 2 -- 3 times more likely to commit suicide than…...

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References

Bearman, P.S. (1991). The Social Structure of Suicide. Sociological Forum, 6(3), 501-524. doi: 10.2307/684516

Booth, N., Briscoe, M., & Powell, R. (2000). Suicide in the Farming Community: Methods Used and Contact with Health Services. Occupational and Environmental Medicine, 57(9), 642-644. doi: 10.2307/27731384

Flavin, P., & Radcliff, B. (2009). Public Policies and Suicide Rates in the American States. Social Indicators Research, 90(2), 195-209. doi: 10.2307/27734783

Jr, T.E.J. (1999). The Clustering and Contagion of Suicide. Current Directions in Psychological Science, 8(3), 89-92. doi: 10.2307/20182569

Suicide Prevention Consultation Design: CASE, Suicide Prevention Triangle, and Individual-Family-School-Work-Community Links for Effectiveness
The objective of this study is to design a suicide prevention consultation. The student will describe the consultation model and level of intervention based on current research. Suicide is described as the "ultimate mental health crisis" and one that is all too common among children and youth. There are approaches designed based on proven scientific methods that best deal with the individual who is contemplating suicide.

The CASE Approach

One of these is the CASE approach which holds that the "art of suicide assessment is composed of three tasks and the first two of which are information gathering, first in terms of information related to the risk factors for suicide in the client and secondly, in regards to the suicidal ideation and planning of the patient. The third task relates to clinical decision making applied to these two areas in…...

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Bibliography

American Evaluation Association (2012) Retrieved from:  http://www.eval.org/ 

CDC Evaluation Working Group (2012) Retrieved from:  http://www.cdc.gov/eval 

W.K. Kellogg Foundation Evaluation Handbook (2012) Retrieved from:   Handbook/default.asphttp://www.wkkf.org/Documents/WKKF/Evaluation 

National Mental Health Association -- Effective Prevention Programs (2012) Retrieved from:  http://www.nmha.org/children/prevent/effective.cfm

Suicide Prevention
An "immense need" exists for technical assistance and general consultation that is specific to community healthcare needs (Walker, Louton, Walker & Frizzel, 2006, p. 40). A suicide prevention consultation strategy should first identify risk factors specific to the community and target population. For example, job or financial loss might be identified as a core risk factor in the community. Then, individual risk factors can be identified and used in a comprehensive consultation and intervention strategy. elying on empirical research, the suicide prevention consultation is also designed in accordance with state laws and/or organizational policies. Appropriate prevention strategies are outlined, and intervention strategies are designed to meet the specific needs of the individual within the target population. Finally, the suicide prevention consultation strategies are implemented according to best practices.

Consultation services should be as multidisciplinary as possible, allowing for the treatment of individuals in a diverse community (Gutierrez, Brenner, Olson-Madden, Breshears,…...

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References

Columbia Care Service (2010). Suicide prevention consultation. Retrieved onling: http://www.columbiacare.org/Page.asp?NavID=111

Cutter, F. (n.d.). Suicide prevention triangle model and theory. Retrieved online: http://www.suicidepreventtriangle.org/Suichap4.htm

Gutierrez, P.M., Brenner, L.A., Olson-Madden, J.H., Breshears, R.E., Homaifar, B.Y., Betthauser, L.M., Staves, P., Adler, L.E. (2009). Consultation as a means of veteran suicide prevention. Professional Psychology: Research and Practice 40(6), Dec 2009, 586-592.

Meyers, J., Meyers, A.B. & Grogg, K. (2004). Prevention Through Consultation: A Model to Guide Future Developments in the Field of School Psychology. Journal of Educational & Psychological Consultation15(3-4). p257-276 2004

It steals their youth and murders their laughter, if not robbing them of life itself. The crowd, openly smug but secretly sneaking home, wilfully refuse to acknowledge the pain and senselessness, because this would be to acknowledge their own part in creating the war.
The poem as a whole both juxtaposes and compares general society with the suffering of the soldiers. Society as a whole ignores the suffering of war, but in this very act lies its own suffering. The senseless suicide is ignored only because society is not able to handle the full extent of the horror that led to it. The young solder was filled with "empty joy." In many ways, the joy society feels when their "heroes" are hailed upon their homecoming is similarly empty. It is a joy that understands the suffering that underlies it. When the suffering overtakes the joy, a young man commits suicide.…...

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References

Campbell, Patrick. Siegfried Sassoon: a study of war poetry. Jefferson, North Caroline: McFarland & Company, Inc. Publishers, 1999.

Gomez Minguez, Sandra. "Suicide in the Trenches" 2006. Retrieved from  http://mural.uv.es/sangomin/Sassoon.html 

Gordon, Lois G. Nancy Cunard: heiress, muse, political idealist. New York: Columbia University Press, 2007.

The survivors might even be annoyed with a society which disgraces them. Anger is an important segment of the interrogation procedure, a procedure which is extremely important to the survivors. (ubel, 1999)
The psychological effect of death by suicide might persist for years. Family members would also start the mutual blame game and be alienated due to persistent disagreement which appears to have no outcome. When a dear person is at the verge of death, it is vital that family and acquaintances make their peace. When in situations of deaths due to suicide, instead of having closure and a determination of peace, the survivors suffer with open abrasions which show no signs of curing. The acquaintances of the surviving family members are at a loss to understand regarding what needs to be done or speaking to the survivors. They are at a loss to find words. It is hard to…...

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References

Barbara Rubel, (1999) "The Grief Response Experienced by Survivors of Suicide" Retrieved 18 October, 2007 at  http://www.griefworkcenter.com/newpage3.htm 

Ceglia, Lisa; Pfeffer, Cynthia R. (1999). "Artists Representations of the Impact of Family

Suicide during Childhood and Adolescence" Journal of American Academy of Psychoanalysis, vol. 27, no. 3, pp: 625-656.

Cvinar, Jacqueline G. (2005) "Do Suicide Survivors Suffer Social Stigma: A Review of the Literature" Perspectives in Psychiatric Care, vol. 41, no. 1, pp: 14-21.

Suicide
The natural end of every person life on earth is dying. A lot of people, for motives that have never been fully comprehended, want to take their own lives. This action is what is called suicide, which means exactly "self-killing." For all doubt that has become a part of the wonder of suicide, this assessment of the problem is surely as detailed as any. The individual, in apparently crucial battle with the world, makes the decision to end their existence in what sums up to be a final assault toward a group that can no longer be endured. In that way, the person tries to reach a final vengeance on everything and everyone that have caused their positions of depression.

The researcher's basic understanding of suicide is that it is a growing issue in the United States. I have learned that until recently suicide among young women and men accounted for…...

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Reference:

Beautrais, A. (2003). Suicide and serious suicide attempts in youth: A multiple-group comparison study. The American Journal of Psychiatry, 160(6), 1093-9.

Caron, J., Julien, M., & Huang, J. (2008). Changes in suicide methods in quebec between 1987 and 2000: The possible impact of bill C-17 requiring safe storage of firearms. Suicide & Life - Threatening Behavior, 38(2), 195-208.

Hawton, K., & van Heeringen, K. (2009). Suicide. The Lancet, 373(9672), 1372-81.

Links, P., Heisel, M., & Quastel, A. (2005). Is suicide ideation a surrogate endpoint for geriatric suicide? Suicide & Life - Threatening Behavior, 35(2), 193-205.

Suicide Prevention Training Project
Today, suicide is a major public health problem, accounting for more than 36,000 deaths in the United States each year (NYC guide to suicide prevention, services and resources, 2011). If fact, deaths from suicides cause as many fatalities as AIDS and homicide combined (NYC guide to suicide prevention, services and resources, 2011). Moreover, the overwhelming majority (90%) of people who commit suicide each year suffer from a diagnosable mental health condition, but fewer than 30% seek treatment for their problems (NYC guide to suicide prevention, services and resources, 2011). To determine how middle schools administrators can help prevent suicides by young people, this paper provides a review of the relevant literature, followed by a summary of the research and important findings concerning suicide prevention in the conclusion.

eview and Discussion

Background and Overview

The statistics concerning youth suicides are truly alarming. Every year, 33% of the school districts in the…...

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References

Hisgen, J.W. (2011). Issues in mental health: Suicide prevention grades 6-8. Madison, WI:

Wisconsin Department of Public Instruction.

NYC guide to suicide prevention, services and resources. (2011). New York: The Samaritans of New York, Inc.

O'Connor, R.C. & Platt, S. (2011). International handbook of suicide prevention research, policy and practice. Chichester, West Sussex, UK: Wiley.

Suicide involves the taking of one's own life. As articulated by a prominent suicidologist: "the common stimulus to suicide is intolerable psychological pain. Suicide represents an escape or release from that pain." (Suicidology.ORG, 2003) It defines suicide rates as: (number of suicides per group/population of group) x 100,000. The AAS list suicide as the 11th highest cause of death -- cardiovascular disease being the first; homicide however, ranked 14th. 1.2% of deaths in the United States are due to suicides.
People usually attempt suicide to block unbearable emotional pain, which is caused by a wide variety of problems. It is often a cry for help. A person attempting suicide is often so distressed that they are unable to see that they have other options: we can help prevent a tragedy by trying to understand how they feel and helping them to look for better choices that they could make. Suicidal people…...

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Bruera, Eduardo, and Russell K. Portenoy. Cancer Pain. New York: Cambridge University Press, 2003.

Carr, Daniel B., and Ada Jacox. Acute Pain Management: Operative or Medical Procedures and Trauma. Clinical Practice Guideline. 1992. Retrieved March, 4 2003

Suicide Among outh and Elderly
Type of Diagnosis

Epidemiological Diagnosis

Behavioral Diagnosis

Educational Diagnosis

Contrary to overall trends, the suicide rate for youths 15 to 19 years old has increased over the last few decades. Suicide was still the third leading cause of death for young people 10 to 19 years old in 1998. (MoScicki, 1994)

Suicide is extremely rare in young children, and lower among 10-to-14-year-olds than older teens.

In 1998, white males accounted for 61% of all suicides among youth 10-19. White males and white females together accounted for over 84% of all youth suicides. However, the suicide rate among Native American male youth is exceedingly high in comparison with the overall rate for males 10 to 19 (19.3 per 100,000 vs. 8.5 per 100,000). African-American males ages 10 to 19 - more than doubling from 2.9 per 100,000 to 6.1 per 100,000 from 1981 to 1998. In 1999, found that Hispanic students, both male…...

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Youth suicide protective factors can include an individual's genetic makeup, behavior and the environment. Other voluntary protective factors are learned skills in problem solving, impulse control, conflict resolution, and nonviolent handling of disputes. Family and community support is very important; as is access to effective and appropriate mental health care A scientific approach to preventing suicide involves describing and monitoring the problem, understanding risk factors and causes of suicidal behavior and protective factors, developing and implementing interventions and prevention strategies in the context of evaluation research, and disseminating information about effective strategies. The research is focused on promoting overall mental health among school-aged children by reducing early risk factors for depression, substance abuse and aggressive behaviors and building resiliency. Another approach is to detect youth most likely to be suicidal by confidentially screening for depression, substance abuse, and suicidal ideation. Efforts should be made to develop and implement strategies to reduce the stigma associated with accessing mental health, substance abuse, and suicide prevention treatments. Additionally, efforts to limit young people's access to lethal agents -- including firearms and medications -- may hold great suicide prevention value. Persons deemed at risk for suicide should then be referred for additional mental health services. (NIMH, 2003)

People involved with children and youth like parents and school personnel should be aware of the warning signs such as loss of energy or "making negative comments about oneself, behaviors.

Suicide disproportionately impacts the elderly. In 1998, the elderly represented 13% of the population, but suffered 19% of all suicide deaths. Firearms (71%), overdose [liquids, pills or gas] (11%) and suffocation (11%) were the three most common methods of suicide used by persons aged 65+ years. It is estimated that 20% of elderly (over 65 years) persons who commit suicide visited a physician within 24 hours of their act, 41% visited within a

Suicide by Cop
Trying to commit suicide has been happening since long, as also attempts to slay police officials. But, the mishmash between the two is a development that exposes the police officials to risk. Literally, "suicide by cop" indicates a police official who takes his own life; ideologically it pertains to someone who gets himself executed by an official. At times it can imply the two. The intention of somebody trying "suicide by cop" is to put police officials in a predicament in which they should murder. The trauma on officials is normally the remorse they tolerate due to the cause of becoming the demise of someone else. This misfortune is the one of the greatest moment of ordeal and upsetting event in the life of a police official. (Fleischauer, 2004)

Sadly, this trend is increasing. Specialists are in pursuit of finding out the most fitting expression to illustrate this sort…...

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References

Fleischauer, Eric. (January 5, 2004) "Suicide-by-cop'- A trend: Experts say time vital in protection" Decatur Daily News. p.5

Brice, Pamela. (November 28, 2003) "Suicide by cop' - A Tragic Phenomenon" The Enterprise. p.3

Campbell, R; Collinson, D. (1988) "Ending Lives" Oxford: Basil Blackwell.

Cyr-Martel, Laurie. (2003) "Responding to Emotionally Disturbed Persons: A Manual for Law Enforcement Personnel" Staggs Publishers.

The finding should alert those who attend to older persons to take extra care and caution that there will be no further attempts. Researchers surveyed the records of 1,206 patients suffering from depression with melancholia or psychosis. The patients were followed up after 50 years. In that span of time, 116 of the 1,206 patients committed suicide. Of the 116, 16 were excluded as their depression was alcohol-related. Of the remaining 100, 60 attempted suicide 133 times, mostly close to hospital admission. Most of them took an overdose of pills. The research found that suicide attempts decreased with age (Anderson).
Some studies suggested that middle-aged women who stopped taking or never took hormone replacement therapy are more susceptible to depression (usko 2008). aby boomers are thus at a higher risk for drug abuse and depression as well as to increasing prescription drug abuse (usko).

Methods

Most middle-aged White women committed suicide by…...

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BIBLIOGRAPHY

Abrams, Robert C, et al. Preference for Fall from Height. 95 (6): 1000-1002, American

Journal of Public Health: American Public Health Association, 2005. Retrieved from  http://www.medscape.com/viewarticle/507337 

Anderson, Pauline. Predictors of Completed Suicide Differ by Sex in Older Individuals.

Medscape Medical News: BMC Psychiatry, 2009. Retrieved from  http://www.medscape.com/viewarticle/709842

Suicide is a serious issue for concern, as it is a major cause of unnatural death throughout the world. A death may be classified as a suicide if an individual has died as a direct result of a deliberate act with the intention of causing one's death (Australian Government Department of Health and Aging, 2007). Approximately two-thousand Australians commit suicide every year, which has a devastating effect on the families, friends, work places and communities around them (Australian Government Department of Health and Aging, 2007). esearch demonstrates that suicide rates in Australia have declined steadily since the late 1990s among males, while the suicide rates among females have remained constant (Australian Government Department of Health and Aging, 2007). However, the rates for males are still high, accounting for approximately 78% of total suicide deaths, and suicide accounted for about 20% of all deaths among young men in the age category…...

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Australian Government, Department of Health and Aging (2007). Fact sheet 3: statistics on suicide in Australia. Living is For Everyone. Retrieved November 22, 2010 from  http://www.livingisforeveryone.com.au/IgnitionSuite/uploads/docs/LIFE-Factsheet3.pdf .

Kostenuik, M. & Ratnapalan, M. (2010). Approach to adolescent suicide prevention. Canadian Family Physician, 56(8), 755-60.

Milner, A. & De Leo, D. (2010). Suicide research and prevention in developing countris in Asia and the Pacific. Bulletin of the World Health Organization, 88(10), 795-6.

Milner, A., McClure, R., & De Leo, D. (2010). Socio-economic determinants of suicide: an ecological analysis of 35 countries. Social Psychiatry and Psychiatric Epidemiology, (Epub ahead of print). Retrieved November 22, 2010 from PubMed database.

Suicide: Duty of Care vs. Self-Care
Social Work and the Duty of Care

The social work profession aims at promoting social change, solving problems in human relationships, empowering and liberating individuals in order to enhance well-being (IFSW 2004). Social work intervenes at points where individuals interact with their respective environments through appropriate theories of human behavior and social systems. Principles of human rights and social are the fundamental guides of the practice and profession. Social workers are bound by these responsibilities in relation to the society and the people with whom they work (IFSW). The Australian Association of Social Workers now has a membership of 6,000 nationwide (AASW 2011). It is committed to the principles of justice, the enhancement of quality life and the realization of the full potential of every individual, group and community it serves (AASW).

American negligence law recognizes the duty of reasonable care of others in danger as a…...

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AASW 2011. 'Public.' Australian Association of Social Workers.

Current Nursing 2011. 'Dorothea Orem's self-care theory,' Nursing Theories: Current

Nursing

Department of Communities 2008. 'Responding to people at risk of suicide,' Queensland

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While psychology refers to the study of the mind, clinical psychology specifically refers to that branch of the discipline that focuses on using psychology to create positive change, whether in individual lives or in the community as a whole.  There is a wide variety of topics you could approach in your thesis, depending on what topic interests you the most.  

Topic Ideas

1. The diagnosis of mental disorders in children: how young is too young to diagnose and does a diagnosis turn into a self-fulfilling prophecy for young children?
2. Diagnosing the non-patient: with many in the mental health fields....

Bullying is a serious issue that impacts approximately 20% of middle and high-school aged children each year.  The extent of bullying can vary, but severe bullying can lead victims to commit suicide and leave lifelong scars on its survivors.  This has led people to debate the most effective form of intervention for bullies.

Bullying used to be considered an individual problem, with schools taking few steps to intervene unless the bullying was physical and was egregious.  In fact, many middle-aged adults seem to think of school bullying as something that is within the normal range of....

Teen suicide is a one of the biggest health threats to teens.  This may be due to many factors, such as the fact that teenage brains are not fully developed, hormone changes from puberty, teen vulnerability to child abuse or dating violence, or the fact that many mental illnesses begin to emerge in the teenage or young adult years.  Reducing the suicide rate among teens is a consistent public health goal, though there is no guaranteed intervention that will always lead to success.  With social media usage among teens changing the way that teens socialize, there is little....