{"id":8135,"date":"2023-09-08T19:11:56","date_gmt":"2023-09-09T00:11:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mindzenter.com\/en\/?p=8135"},"modified":"2023-09-08T19:13:04","modified_gmt":"2023-09-09T00:13:04","slug":"can-suicide-be-prevented-have-you-lost-the-desire-to-keep-living","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mindzenter.com\/en\/can-suicide-be-prevented-have-you-lost-the-desire-to-keep-living\/","title":{"rendered":"Can Suicide be Prevented? Have you lost the desire to keep Living?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Signs and Risk Factors.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Here is a list of 13 things that should alert a doctor or a family member about a potentially suicidal patient:<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Patients with definite plans to commit suicide: Individuals who think or talk about suicide are at risk; however, a patient with a plan (e.g., obtaining a weapon and buying ammunition) has made a clear statement about the risk of suicide.\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Patients who have followed a systematic pattern of behavior indicate that they are ending their lives: this includes saying goodbye to friends, making a will, writing a suicide note, and developing a funeral plan.\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Patients with a strong family history of suicide: A family history of suicide indicates suicide risk if the patient approaches the anniversary of a family member&#8217;s suicide or the age at which a relative committed suicide.\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The presence of a firearm, especially a handgun.\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Psychotic symptoms, especially in adolescents: Kelleher et al. reported in a study of 1112 school adolescents (aged 13 to 16) that 7% of the total sample said psychotic symptoms at the study&#8217;s outset. Of that subsample, 7% reported a suicide attempt at the 3-month follow-up, compared to 1% of the sample. The authors concluded that adolescents with psychopathology reporting psychotic symptoms have a high clinical risk of suicide attempts.\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Being under the influence of alcohol or other mind-altering drugs: drug abuse is especially significant if the drugs are depressants.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u00a0If the patient experiences a severe, immediate, and unexpected loss, such as being suddenly fired or left by their spouse.\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">If the patient is isolated and alone.\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">If the person has depression of any kind.\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">If the patient experiences a command hallucination, a command hallucination ordering suicide can be a powerful action-inducing message that leads to death.\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Discharge from psychiatric hospitals: Patients are at risk of suicide when discharged from a psychiatric hospital, which is a tough transition and stressful moment; the structure, support, and safety of the institution are no longer available to the patient.\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Anxiety: Anxiety in all its forms leads to suicide risk; the constant feeling of fear and tension becomes unbearable for some.\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Doctor&#8217;s feelings: Regardless of what the patient says or does, the doctor needs to have a sense that the patient is contemplating suicide.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Signs and Risk Factors. 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