文档介绍：Suicide Risk Assessment
and Intervention Tactics
Amber Baldet
This won't be
depressing.
Trigger Warning:
Discussion of mental health, self-harm,
substance use/abuse, trauma, suicide
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The Numbers
Leading Causes of Death in the United States, 2010:
1. Heart disease Cause of Death Count
2. Cancer
3. Chronic lower respiratory diseases Suicide 38,364
4. Stroke involving a firearm 19,392
5. Accidents (unintentional injuries) by other means 18,972
6. Alzheimer's disease
7. Diabetes Homicide 16,259
8. Nephritis (kidney failure)
involving a firearm 11,078
9. Influenza & Pneumonia
by other means 5,181
10. Suicide (intentional self-harm)
11. Septicemia (infection)
12. Chronic liver disease (cirrhosis)
13. Hypertension
14. Parkinson's disease
15. Pneumonia
Source: Number of deaths for leading causes of death (2010), CDC
The Numbers
Suicide Rate for All Age Groups (US), 2010
20 Age Group / Rate per 100,000
15
10
5 Source: American
Association of
Suicidology, Suicide in the
15 -15 24 -25 34 -35 44 -45 54 -55 64 -65 74 -75 84 + 85 Total
5 - 5 14 USA Based on 2010 Data
The Numbers
Frequency of pletion
• Tenth mon cause of death among the total US population
• Third behind accidents and homicide for males age 15 - 24
• Second only to accidental death among males age 25 - 34
Annual deaths in men age 18-34 (US) Suicide
20,000 Vietnam War Year / Total Deaths
15,000 HIV/AIDS
10,000
Chart: Jamison, Kay
5,000 Redfield. Night Falls Fast:
Understanding Suicide.
1955 1960 1965 1970 1975 1980 1985 1990 1995
How Did We Get Here?
History of Stigma
Clinical alternatives to "Committed"
• Died by
• Completed instead of “essful”
• Was a victim of
• Killed themselves
Stop saying "committed" suicide.
How Did We Get Here?
Evolution of Mental Health Treatment
munity
Selected Mathematician & Scientist Suicides
Ludwig Boltzman 1906, statistical mechanics Hans Fische