Resource Tag: UNITED STATES. KANSAS

Background: Suicidal ideation and recent suicide attempts greatly increase the risk of suicide among youth. Many youth experiencing suicidality are not adequately connected to in-person treatment. Aims: This study aimed to determine the efficacy of a continuity-of-care approach in reducing suicide attempts, ideation, and related hospital and emergency department (ED) visits among youth at high risk for suicide. Method: Data […]

The Sedgwick Couty Suicide Prevention Coalition developed this guideline to help community leaders respond proactively to suicide clusters or situations that might develop into suicide clusters. Step-by-step procedures are outlined & a list of community resources for Sedgwick County is provided.

This qualitative study used focus groups to elicit the thoughts of adolescents & parents of adolescents regarding adolescent suicide. 66 adolescents & 30 parents participated in 13 focus groups in Chicago, Illinois & the Kansas City, Kansas area. Both adolescents & parents recognized adolescent suicide as a major problem, but not for their own communities. […]

This report provides information on a July 2007 symposium in Chanute, Kansas where participants selected action plan priorities for suicide prevention in southeast Kansas. Three priorities were identified, including: local communities & schools incorporating best practices of mental health education, including a suicide prevention component, into health curricula by 2010; addressing the stigma associated with […]

This report presents some 2005 suicide statistics for Sedgwick County, Kansas. An outline of scheduled activities for 2006 is also included.

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The purpose of this article is to analyze the Kansas Prevention of Assisted Suicide Act (Kansas Act) which went into effect July 1, 1998, by placing it within the context of how other states are reacting legislatively to demands from society & recent Supreme Court decisions. The article examines 1) statutory definitions of assisted suicide, […]

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106 rural high school students completed the Children of Alcoholics Scale, Zaks & Walters’ Aggression Scale, Beck Depression Scale & a version of the Beck Scale of Suicide Ideation. On aggression, alcohol-dependent boys & children from divorced homes scored higher. Depression was higher among those with homes where alcohol was used. A Pearson r of […]

In this study, questionnaires were sent to 196 elementary school counselors in Kansas to acquire information about suicidal behaviour among students. Counsellors reported having contact with 187 students who were suicidal during the 1987-88 school year. 1 male student completed suicide. The counsellors rated family problems as the primary reasons for suicidal behaviour, & depression […]

This paper discusses the findings of a pilot study on suicidal behaviors among 313 high school students in Kansas. 62.6% reported some degree of suicidal ideation & 8.4% had made a suicide attempt. The current study provides a linchpin between studies of adolescent suicide attempt rates & studies reporting on percentages of adolescents who made […]

This article provides information about the development & implementation of a comprehensive community suicide prevention service, based on the community agencies developed & now operating in Topeka, Kansas. An assessment of community needs, the utilization of existing agencies, priority rating in the establishment of new facilities, & fund raising are discussed. (note: this is a […]

The findings of a pilot study, focussing on suicidal behaviors among 313 high school students in the midwest are discussed. Of all the students who participated in the study, 62.6% reported some degree of suicidal ideation or action, including 8.4% who had actually made a suicide attempt. The current study provides a linchpin between the […]

Annual variations in scores on the Rotter Internal-External Locus of Control Scale by college students btwn 1966-73 were related to concomitant annual variations in suicide rates for the total US populations & for 8 separate age groups. Results suggest perceptions of internal-external control did not change among older persons as they did among younger persons, […]

To evaluate the assumption that suicidal behavior in adolescents is linked to diminished problem-solving capacity the WAIS Arithmetic Subtest & the Rokeach Map Reading Problems Test were administered to 13 suicidal, 13 psychiatric but nonsuicidal, & 13 normal adolescents. The suicidal group made significantly lower WAIS test scores & failed the ROKEACH test more often […]

The MMPI profiles of 20 male psychiatric patients who committed suicide & 20 who did not attempt or complete suicide were presented to 6 clinical psychologists with expertise in MMPI interpretations. Data analysis revealed that the clinicians could not distinguish suicide from nonsuicide from the profiles. Furthermore, the 8 variables identified by the clinicians as […]

Developed a color-shading technique to study the previously demonstrated relationship between Rorschach Test color-shading responses & suicide attempts. Of 17 matched pairs of hospitalized psychiatric patients (age range 19-47 yrs), those who had attempted suicide gave significantly more shading responses to chromatic cards than those who had no history of suicide attempts. Results suggest that […]

An attempt was made to evaluate the hypothesis that intropunitiveness is the fundamental dynamic underlying the self-destructive behavior of suicidal adolescents. Suicidal, psychiatrically disturbed but not suicidal and normal adolescents were administered the Rosenzweig Picture-Frustration Test. Their protocols were scored for intropunitiveness. No significant differences in intropunitive scores were found among the 3 groups. It […]