Crystal Siercks
Suicide prevention homework
Summarize it briefly and provide reference info (practice APA
format)
Suicide rates in the US increased by 1,171 from 1017 to 2018
according to the mortality report of the CDC. This was only an increase of
1.4%, which is lower than the 2016-2017 increase of 4%. The crisis lines and
mental health resources are available to many people and I have seen them
posted everywhere. The CDC also reports that these crisis lines have had
increased calls and messages over the last year, this shows that people are
reaching out. Where do these people end up after they call? Each of them
has a family, but does the family know what is happening? This article states
that it is up to us to help stop suicide rates by reaching out. We can do this
by paying attention and being available to the people we know or come
across. Making sure to show that the person is important, to make them feel
safe and not judged [ CITATION Hol20 \l 1033 ]
Discuss your reaction to this article.
I have had one too many close friends commit suicide. I never saw it
coming and neither did their parents. They seemed to be the happiest
people, I look back and wonder what I missed. What could I have done to
change the outcome of their death at such a young age. As I think about this,
I remember being wrapped up in my own problems and oblivious to the
world. Even as I got older, I started to pay more attention. I found a note in
my daughters’ wallet when she was sixteen. It stated how life was so hard
and terrible. My heart was broken when I read that she just thought about
cutting herself and how she wondered what life would be like if she wasn’t
here.
I believe it is hard to talk to someone when you feel suicidal. I myself
was at a point in my life where I thought there was no way out. I felt that I
was dead already so what was the difference except the suffering as my
heart still beat. The only way I saw to end my suffering was to end my life. I
remember one incidence,
I had my seatbelt off and a hand on the door of the car. My husband
was driving along highway 65 in Missouri, he had cut me down to nothing. I
was worthless and could do nothing right. Just as I started to open the door
and fall out onto the freeway, my daughter started crying in the back seat. I
realized if I left now, she would be left behind to endure his abuse alone. My
daughter saved me that day, I survived.
Is this new information to you?
, Crystal Siercks
Suicide prevention homework
This is new information to me. I guess I never really thought about
reaching out to someone who I thought was suicidal. It is hard because I feel
that if they aren’t, by mentioning it I may be putting it into their head.
How could you use this information/strategy in your practice?
In my nursing practice I can look for signs, verbiage and body language
that seem to suggest that a person is depressed or withdrawn. I can try to be
more aware of how I come across to someone who is suicidal. I can offer my
experiences and how I got through them to build a relationship with them.
Suicide Rates Are Increasing. Here's How You Can Help Change That.
A new CDC report contains some discouraging stats about deaths by suicide.
That doesn't mean all hope is lost.
By
Lindsay Holmes
01/30/2020 04:52pm EST | Updated February 6, 2020
PONOMARIOVA_MARIA VIA GETTY IMAGES
New data from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention found suicide
rates in the United States have increased by 1.4%.
The information comes from the CDC’s latest mortality report, which
analyzed deaths and the death rate from 2018, the most recent year with
available numbers. There were 48,344 deaths by suicide in 2018, an increase
in 1,171 additional deaths from 2017. However, the 2017 mortality report
saw a suicide rate increase of nearly 4% from the previous year. So while the
suicide rate is still rising, it seems to be slowing down slightly.
To be clear, the general outlook on suicide is still disappointing. Suicide
remained the 10th-leading cause of death in the U.S. (Other leading causes
of death in the report included heart disease at the top, followed by cancer.)
Suicide prevention homework
Summarize it briefly and provide reference info (practice APA
format)
Suicide rates in the US increased by 1,171 from 1017 to 2018
according to the mortality report of the CDC. This was only an increase of
1.4%, which is lower than the 2016-2017 increase of 4%. The crisis lines and
mental health resources are available to many people and I have seen them
posted everywhere. The CDC also reports that these crisis lines have had
increased calls and messages over the last year, this shows that people are
reaching out. Where do these people end up after they call? Each of them
has a family, but does the family know what is happening? This article states
that it is up to us to help stop suicide rates by reaching out. We can do this
by paying attention and being available to the people we know or come
across. Making sure to show that the person is important, to make them feel
safe and not judged [ CITATION Hol20 \l 1033 ]
Discuss your reaction to this article.
I have had one too many close friends commit suicide. I never saw it
coming and neither did their parents. They seemed to be the happiest
people, I look back and wonder what I missed. What could I have done to
change the outcome of their death at such a young age. As I think about this,
I remember being wrapped up in my own problems and oblivious to the
world. Even as I got older, I started to pay more attention. I found a note in
my daughters’ wallet when she was sixteen. It stated how life was so hard
and terrible. My heart was broken when I read that she just thought about
cutting herself and how she wondered what life would be like if she wasn’t
here.
I believe it is hard to talk to someone when you feel suicidal. I myself
was at a point in my life where I thought there was no way out. I felt that I
was dead already so what was the difference except the suffering as my
heart still beat. The only way I saw to end my suffering was to end my life. I
remember one incidence,
I had my seatbelt off and a hand on the door of the car. My husband
was driving along highway 65 in Missouri, he had cut me down to nothing. I
was worthless and could do nothing right. Just as I started to open the door
and fall out onto the freeway, my daughter started crying in the back seat. I
realized if I left now, she would be left behind to endure his abuse alone. My
daughter saved me that day, I survived.
Is this new information to you?
, Crystal Siercks
Suicide prevention homework
This is new information to me. I guess I never really thought about
reaching out to someone who I thought was suicidal. It is hard because I feel
that if they aren’t, by mentioning it I may be putting it into their head.
How could you use this information/strategy in your practice?
In my nursing practice I can look for signs, verbiage and body language
that seem to suggest that a person is depressed or withdrawn. I can try to be
more aware of how I come across to someone who is suicidal. I can offer my
experiences and how I got through them to build a relationship with them.
Suicide Rates Are Increasing. Here's How You Can Help Change That.
A new CDC report contains some discouraging stats about deaths by suicide.
That doesn't mean all hope is lost.
By
Lindsay Holmes
01/30/2020 04:52pm EST | Updated February 6, 2020
PONOMARIOVA_MARIA VIA GETTY IMAGES
New data from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention found suicide
rates in the United States have increased by 1.4%.
The information comes from the CDC’s latest mortality report, which
analyzed deaths and the death rate from 2018, the most recent year with
available numbers. There were 48,344 deaths by suicide in 2018, an increase
in 1,171 additional deaths from 2017. However, the 2017 mortality report
saw a suicide rate increase of nearly 4% from the previous year. So while the
suicide rate is still rising, it seems to be slowing down slightly.
To be clear, the general outlook on suicide is still disappointing. Suicide
remained the 10th-leading cause of death in the U.S. (Other leading causes
of death in the report included heart disease at the top, followed by cancer.)
