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    becomes ill suddenly and needs rapid transport to the hospital. However, when you are responding to a suicide or suicide attempt you are responding to a first aid call that has turned into a mental health first aide call. All suicide attempts and threats to commit suicide should be taken very seriously. First, what is the definition of suicide. According to Merriam-Webster dictionary suicide is “the act or an instance of taking one's own life voluntarily and intentionally.” (Merriam-Webster Dictionary

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    Overview The overview of suicide through the lifespan. Suicide is the second leading cause of death in Canada (Suicide Facts at a Glance, n.d.). In cases of suicide among the elderly, there are many social, psychological, and emotional pressures at play. Two of the most frequent causes of death among the elderly are a sense of social isolation and the loss of independence that comes with aging, often in the form of chronic illness or mental incapacitation. The paper is to investigate the research

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    As of 2014, 294,172 military personnel have suffered from a TBI since 2000. Russell also stated that there had been 338,294 cases of PTSD since the war on terror. After adding all of these equations together, there were between 1,600-1,800 suicides per year from Veterans that are receiving health care at the Veterans Administration and as many as 6,400 a year Veterans total. (Daigh, 2009) That would break down to 17.5 Veterans killing themselves a day. The most recent estimates believe there could

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    ending misery. How do they cope? What are their ways of dealing? Most students live in denial. Others have friends to confide in. For the devastating part, most students are not as open to these ideas and it leaves them with this alternative: suicide. Suicide is the third leading cause in teens the ages 14 to 19 within rural underserved areas. Suicidal ideation (SI), suicidal thoughts, were surveyed in over 12 high schools and it was found that in the past year, thoughts of (SI) were not shared with

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    Suicide and the Predictions of Suicide In the first paper I read about hopelessness and eventual suicide, four authors studied 207 hospitalized patients with suicidal ideation. There was a follow up period of 5-10 years when these patients were systematically checked up on to see their status. Fourteen eventually completed suicide within the follow up period. In the study the researchers used the Beck Depression Inventory, the Hopelessness Scale, and the Scale of Suicidal

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    Suicide takes a lot of loved ones away. They make the families and friends of the victim in despair and at loss at times. It makes them feel like they had wronged the individual and that they are the reason that they have committed suicide. According to the American Foundation for Suicide Prevention, suicide is the 10th leading cause of death in the United States, which proves that a lot of families have to go through this.Suicide affects the victim's family and friends by making them feel guilty

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    Suicide takes a lot of loved ones away. They can make the families and friends of the victim very sad and at loss at times. It makes them feel like they wronged the individual and that they are the reason that they have committed suicide. According to the American Foundation for Suicide Prevention, it is the 10th leading cause of death in the United States, which proves that a lot of families have to go through this.Suicide affects the victim's family and friends by making them feel guilty, depressed

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    take a more proactive step to prevent teen suicide by giving their students and staff more of an education. For example the Ontario Shores Mental Health Science wants schools to be more aware also; “Last week the Durham school boards announced a new curriculum to teach teachers about mental illness in youth, funded by the Ontario Shores Centre for Mental Health Sciences in Whitby.” ( Scallan and Chantaie). A town in Ontario brought this issue of teen suicide up to the school board. The school board

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    terminal illness and asks you to help them end their life. Helping them commit suicide is against the law but your relative begs you. Would you assist with their suicide? Ans: I would not be able to do that. I would spend as much time as I can to research new ways to alleviate their pain. In my personal view, finding out the better solution to live the life is the best way to solve the problem rather than helping them commit suicide. QUESTION 2 You are friends with a married couple and one of them confides

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    Assisted suicide is possibly one of the most controversial topics. People believe that it truly does help and others think that it 's one of the worst things to do, not just to yourself but the people that actually care about you. Nearly 30,000 Americans commit suicide every year. On an average one American will have killed themselves in every 16.2 minutes. Each suicide intimately affects 6 people. They’re many reasons why someone would want to kill themselves. Some may be mentally insane, some may

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