Suicidal Ideation is the Preoccupation with Suicidal Thoughts

Stimulation takes a big part of an individual’s life, causing the mental health to think of inadequate attempts of suicide. Statics from Lifeline’s 2012 Stress Poll says average humans stress on thoughts about the future (51%) and has continued to be the biggest contributors in suicides. Many people believe that suicide victims are infested with lies and don’t take caution to suicidal individuals. The National Institute of Mental Health have aware the citizens of United States in 2010 by warning “Most suicide attempts are expressions of extreme distress, not harmless bids for attention. A person who appears suicidal should not be left alone and needs immediate mental-health treatment. Studies showed that a type of psychotherapy called cognitive therapy reduced the rate of repeated suicide attempts by 50 percent during a year of follow-up6.” In our nation, many suicidal citizens are constantly trying to be accepted into modern society, this loses moderation and the inspiration to live every day. This is some of the many notes of individuals taking their own lives by over thinking the future and present stimulation:

There are different therapies that are used to help treat those who have suicidal ideation, behaviors, and attempts. For individuals to be successful in recovery one or more treatments may be necessary. Succession of recovery is a group effort and wiliness between individuals, family, friends, psychiatrists, and therapists. A traditional anti-depressive medication treatment is started to help reduce negative thoughts (Rovick, 2016). These medications increase serotonin levels in the brain to increase happier thoughts. However; depending on the individual, multiple medications are prescribed to target each symptom displayed. In some cases mood stabilizers or anti-psychotics are needed in correlation with the anti-depressants. Individuals with depression and PTSD are prescribed a SSRI and a medication to target the PTSD. Medications do not work quickly, the average time for depressive

People have been committing suicide since the beginning of time. Suicide is defined as the death of a person, caused by self-directed injurious behavior, with any intent to die as a result of that behavior. A suicide attempt, is a non-fatal, self directed, potentially harmful behavior, with any intent to die as a result.. A suicide attempt may or may not result in personal or physical harm. Suicidal ideation is an individual having ideas and considering or planning to end his or her life. Suicide is usually carried out as a result of ultimate despair due to certain mental disorders such as severe depression, schizophrenia, borderline and bipolar personality disorders, alcoholism and or drug abuse. High stress levels and anxiety due to financial difficulties and personal relationships can also be contributing factors of suicide. According to The National Institute of Mental Health, research has shown that the majority of victims of deaths by suicide had been diagnosed with some type of depressive mental illness. Suicide and suicide attempts have a dramatic impact and take an enormous toll on society. According to recent studies by the CDC, suicide is the 10th leading cause of death among Americans. CDC reports state that last year alone, there are more than 38,000 people who have committed suicide, over one million people have been reported of making a suicide attempts, and two million people have been reported of thinking

Suicide has become the second leading cause of death among teens in the United States. American youth have more risk to mental disorders due to race, sexuality, family, and stress of fitting in with their surroundings. Many mental illnesses will lead to suicidal thoughts or eventually to an attempt at suicide. Anxiety and the pressure to fit in contributes greatly to depression and suicide, particularly in high school. During youth, it's especially hard to find who you are, and still have the risk of getting made fun of or being bullied. Mental disorders along with substance abuse can also increase suicidal tendencies commodiously.All of these factors lead to the most common mental disorder, depression. Depression in young adults is the most

Most persons who later attempt suicide have given some indication of being at risk, of having ideation or intent related to suicide. The suicide rate among physicians and nurses is higher than in the general population; their special knowledge of pharmacology and physiology can make attempts more likely to be lethal. Most people who complete suicide have made at least one previous attempt, and a history of prior attempts is one of the strongest predictors of future risk. Some attempts may appear unlikely to have succeeded from the outset, because the means was one of low lethality (e.g., choking oneself with socks wrapped around the neck) or because circumstances would have led to

According to Fowler, Crosby, Parks, and Ivey (2013), suicide and nonfatal suicidal ideations are significant public health concerns for adolescents and young adults. While the onset of suicidal behaviors is observed as young as six years of age, rates of death and nonfatal injury resulting from suicidal behavior are moderately low until 15 years of age (Fowler et al., 2013). According to Fowler et al (2013), the most current available statistics in the United States (U. S.) reported suicide as the third leading cause of death among youth aged 10-14 and 15-19 years, and it was the second leading cause of death among persons aged 20-24 years.

In 2014, suicide was the tenth leading cause of death overall in the United States. According to the National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH, 2015), there were twice as many suicides than there were homicides. Suicidal ideation (SI), defined as an individual thinking about, considering, or planning their suicide, is established before the act of committing suicide. Research suggests that adverse childhood experiences (CDC, 2015) will put an individual at risk for developing a mental illness that could result in SI and suicide attempt (SA). It is important for the psychiatric mental health nurse practitioner (PMHNP) to recognize the signs of SI and SA while assessing their client.

The second cause is biological, it is just the thought that mental illnesses may be related to changes in the structure and function of the brain. Scientists have learned that serotonin receptors in the brain increase their activity in an individual with major depression and suicidality, which explains why medications that pretty much numb these receptors have been found to be helpful. Although it is still not clear on how these medications effect the suicidal side of things, they have shown that they help.

The Suicide Behaviors Questionnaire taps into lifetime’s suicide ideation and/or suicide attempt, assess the frequency of suicidal ideations over the past twelve months, assess the threat of suicide attempt, and evaluate self-reported likelihood of suicidal behavior in the future (Osman, Bagg, Gutierrez,

Generally, people who are diagnosed with specific psychological disorders are at higher risk of suicide and statistics show that nine out of ten people who commit suicide were suffering with a mental disorder. Psychological risk factors can be associated with an individual’s psychiatric disorders, with their environmental factors, or both. (Larson, Lutes, Orgera, & Suplick Benton). The main suicide risk factors are hostile life events and a lack of mental health care treatment. The American Association of Suicidology states that if depression is left untreated it can lead to comorbid (occurring at the same time) mental disorders, recurrent episodes and higher rates of

I chose to review Beck Scale for Suicide Ideation (BSS; Beck & Steer, 1993). The BSS was developed from Beck and Steer’s (1993) clinical rating version The SSI which is a 19-item measurement that is used to assess an individual’s traits as it relates to suicidal thoughts. The BSS is the self-report version is based on 21-items but only 19 of the items are used in scoring the test results. The test kit consists of an Administration and Scoring Manual and a Record form. The Beck Scale for Suicide Ideation is a widely used instrument to assess suicidality. Suicidal behaviors consist of but not limited to the planning for suicide, suicidal ideation (thoughts of harming or killing oneself) and/or gestures.

There is a significant relationship between childhood physical and sexual abuse and suicidal ideation. Suicide ideators are individuals who have plans and wishes to commit suicide, but have not yet made any recent attempts. Since suicide ideation precedes suicide attempt, it is important to focus on the intensity, pervasiveness and characteristics of the ideation in order to assess suicidal intention and to predict future suicidal risk (article). The Scale for Suicidal Ideation is a 19-item scale that will be used to quantify the intensity of current suicidal intent by scaling various dimensions of self-destructive thoughts (Beck & Kovacs, 1979).

Aarsland, Påhlhagen, Ballard, Ehrt and Svenningsson (2012) stated that people if the thought of suicide is not managed at the right time, the patient might end up killing himself or herself.

Mr. Thomas is a 23 year old male who presented with a MCM for suicidal ideation with a plan to jump off a bridge. Per documentation as reporte to MCMC, Mr. Thomas states he is tried to harm himself 5x in the past 3 days due to worsening depression. At the time of the assessment Mr. Thomas appears calm and cooperative. He denies suicidal ideation, homicidal ideation, and symptoms of psychosis. Mr. Thomas informs me yesterday after leaving Randolph Hospital for reported suicidal ideation, his girlfriend and he got into an argument, which she kicked him out the car. He reports threatening to jump off a bridge as a manipulative way of having his girlfriend take him back. He states when asking about history of issues in their relationship, "I'm use to it, I don't get effected by what she say, I just didn't want to be in the cold." Mr. Thomas states, "I just came in here tonight to talk to someone and get some meds." He informs me 10 years ago he went to MCBH for an overdose. Mr. Thomas reports since then heh as not been on any medications or seeing outpatient services for mental health. He does not appear to be exhibiting signs of agitation, aggression, or responding to internal stimuli.

Young people who attempted suicide were also more often to have come from disadvantaged family backgrounds (broken homes). Such backgrounds indicate that parental role models were severely lacking or non existent. Alcohol and other drugs Alcohol and other drugs are frequently associated with suicidal behaviour. The increased risk associated with combining drug and alcohol abuse with mental health problems has already been noted, as has the association between attempted suicide and parental alcoholism.