Suicide : A High Risk Of Suicide

“Suicide is a permanent solution to a temporary problem.” - Phil Donahue. As a complex, tragic public health issue, suicide occurs in men significantly more often than in women. Suicide is simply defined as the act of intentionally ending one’s own life, however, the factors that play into a person making that decision are anything but simple. The most evident and severe effect of suicide is the loss of a valuable, meaningful human life. According to Harvard School of Public Health (n.d.), suicide affects parents, children, siblings, friends, lovers, and spouses; the loss to society is psychological, spiritual, and financial. People who lose a loved one to suicide often experience devastating effects and deal with a complex grief. These

There is a significant health issue facing the public as well as law enforcement every day, suicide. The numbers surrounding suicide are shocking effects people of all backgrounds. In the year 2010 more than 38,000 adults committed suicide. Then in 2011 around 1 million adults admitted to attempting suicide, while 8 million had serious suicidal thoughts. Law Enforcement officers are at an even higher risk then most due to experiencing such a large number of risk factors. These factors include but are not limited to poor physical health, access to fire arms, domestic abuse, substance abuse, exposure to violence and suicide; depression, anxiety and other mental diseases. These factors lead to an above average number of officer suicides every

| A background in health care has a protective effect, leading to a lower rate of suicide among physicians and nurses than in the general public.

There is at least 113 suicides each day or 1 every 13 minutes. Suicide among males is the seventh leading cause of death and the fourteenth leading cause in females. Most suicides are with a firearm and are carried out with a “ Saturday night special”. (Dilaura,Cynthia DiLaura) “More than 90 percent of suicide attempts with a gun are fatal. “ (Brady Campaign) There are a number of reasons why suicide occurs. Stress is the number one cause among our youth, bullies, peer pressure, depression, and abuse. 41,100 people committed suicide in the United States in 2013. Our young teens today does not take time to look deeper into there problem and to seek out a better solution. They are looking for a quick fix but not realizing once the trigger is pulled the result is final with no turning back. Most people who has attempted suicide is more likely to try a second attempt and most have an underlying mental illness. There is many warming that someone may be in a suicide crisis. We most learn how to see things through their eyes. No matter what one is facing in life or the difficult that lie ahead of them Nothing is worth taken your own

Suicide rate is a grow problem in the United States according to the American foundation for suicide prevention more than 41,149 suicides were reported in 2013. The highest rate of suicides is committed by adults between age 45-64 and this is especially true amongst the elderly. Older adults are inflected with a terminal disease, loneness and depression and because of this they are committing suicide at a higher rate. Suicide amongst the men is steadily higher than women, in 2013, 77.9% were male and 22.1% were female. Men success rate for suicide is much higher, because their attempt is more lethal, for example, men are more than likely to shot themselves, whereas women are more likely to use poisons to end their life. Suicide Rate committed race/ethnicity was higher among Whites 14.2%, American Indians and Alaska Natives 11.7%, Asians and Pacific Islanders 5.8%, Blacks 5.4% and Hispanics 5.7%. According to the mean method used to commit suicide is a firearm, then suffocation and poisoning. The main cause of suicide is due to mental health condition and depression is at the foremost leading factor.

Although higher prevalence may occur in some countries, there are generally no cultural associations. Families of suicide victims will often state they cannot recall much leading up to the death or that the individual was never really that sad. Unfortunately, suicide is often an outcome of extreme mental anguish without the ability or desire to carry on with normal life expectations. While not all reasons can point back to preventative measures or risk factors, there are certain issues to be aware of when looking at risk associated with an individual. Risk factors

“Suicide affects us all. Every year, millions of Americans are directly affected by more than 37,000 suicides and hundreds of thousands of suicide attempts made by friends or loved ones. Yet, suicide is preventable” (Prevention Lifeline). “Suicide results in an estimated $34.6 billion in combined medical and work loss costs” (Suicide, 2012). In 2010, suicide was at the top of the list for the cause of death in the United States. In a 2010 survey, “12.8% of students reported that they made a plan about how they would attempt suicide during the 12 months preceding the survey; 7.8% of students reported that they had attempted suicide one or more times during the 12 months preceding the survey; and 2.4% of students reported that they had made a suicide attempt that resulted in an injury, poisoning, or an overdose that required medical attention. As for gender disparities, suicide among males is four times higher than among females and represents 79% of all U.S. suicides. Females are more likely than males to have had suicidal thoughts. Firearms are the most commonly used method of

However, an argument was raised that the statistics which show Dentists are highly prone to suicides are a myth. The reason for the exaggeration of numbers of suicides in Dentist dates back to 1920’s when the media portrayed dentists being more prone to suicides (Lange, Fung, & Dunning, 2012). The significant reason for such media portrayal was the density of population and also the categorization of dentists as health care professionals over the past few decades (Lange, Fung, & Dunning, 2012). For example, one of the Midwestern state reported 244,628 deaths over a period of 1989-2004 amongst which 3002 suicides which is equivalent to 1.2% of total deaths. Among those 3002 deaths only 4 of them were Dentists which indicates a very low percentage of suicidal deaths in dentists (Lange, Fung, & Dunning, 2012). It seems from the above statistics that the deaths recorded as suicides in dentists are low when compared to people in other categories. However, every life matters and even if it is one death related to suicide it should be prevented because if a doctor is alive, he/she can save hundreds of lives in their professional

Suicide is known as one of the leading cause of death in the United States. This topic affects people of all ages, demographics, gender, and social economic status every day. Police officers have one of the most dangerous and stressful job in the world because they are chasing perpetrators and seeing unexpected disturbing things. In addition, these life events sometimes lead to physical, emotional, and psychological issues.

Suicide occurs throughout the lifespan and was the second leading cause of death among 15-29 year olds globally in 2012.” People who are 15-29 years olds would normally study or work in the society, so they might have had a problem about modern society. Also, the number of people who die due to suicide every year would prove that people are affected by society and have something bad problem about the society. The problems would be occurred in school or workplace, and those problems would be related to mental health such as bully, harassment and

Using the search strategy, numerous articles were identified as relevant to the search topics. Major search topics for this study included suicide assessment and nursing students, nurses and suicide education, and nursing students and mental health simulation. The databases frequently accessed included PubMed, Proquest, EBSCOhost Medline, and Elsevier Science Direct. Search filters included the years 2000-2017. After scanning the abstracts for further applicability, seventeen studies were eligible for inclusion in the literature review. The literature review incorporated all levels of evidence with a higher appreciation for Level III or above research.

While physicians are highly regarded as the life-savers of society, there is an irony when the profession also boasts a high rate of depression and suicide. Around 400 physicians commit suicide each year, along with nearly 10% of first year resident doctors admit to suicidal thoughts. In comparison, the suicide rate for doctors is double to that of an average American. This tragedy can be averted if public was simply more informed. Society often puts those in this profession onto a pedestal, and that these people have few to no problems in life (Lowrey, & Anderson, 2006). However, this is not the case and the stereotype prevents physicians from reaching out for help. They often deal with their depression alone, which only aggravates this problem.

At some point in one’s life they may believe that the only solution to their physical or mental problem is suicide. Although, we think that the majority of people who try to commit suicide just want attention. Suicide is the 10th leading cause of death in the in the United States in 2013, bypassing homicide which came in at 16th place (Facts & Figures, 2014). The facts indications by the CDC estimate that someone will commit suicide in the United States every 13 minutes (Facts & Figures, 2014). Unlike most common disease’s suicide does not discriminate against age, or sex, or social class, it is estimated that males represent 79 percent of the people who do commit suicide in the United States (Facts & Figures, 2014).

There has been very little literature presented on Physician Assistant Suicide and its relationship particularly to psychology, PAS is my opinion is in fact a psychological issue. Psychology by definition is a discipline that studies both the human mind and behavior and seeks to understand and provide explanation pertaining to thought, emotion, and behavior (Cherry, 2011). Applications of psychology can range from mental health, self- health, and a myriad of areas that can affect health and daily life (Cherry, 2011).

For some teens, striving for perfection has led to harming their own health and wellbeing such as living with depression and suicide. Teenagers today are relying on what they see in ads, T.V., magazines and on the internet for their input on appearances, the way they think not only comes from media sources, but from family and friends.