Resource Tag: UNITED STATES. VIRGINIA

The objective is to analyze and compare Virginia suicide data from 2003 to 2012 to US suicide data. Methods. Suicide trends by method, age, gender, and race were obtained from Virginia’s Office of the Chief Medical Examiner’s annual reports. Results. Similar to US suicide rates, suicide rates in Virginia increased between 2003 and 2012 from 10.9/100,000 people to 12.9/100,000 […]

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The problem-solving deficit diathesis-stress model of suicide behavior proposed by Clum & colleagues (1979) & expanded by Schotte & Clum (1982, 1987) was examined in a short-term longitudinal test. The relationship between problem-solving deficits at Time 1 – prior to the stressor (a D or F on a midterm examination) – & adjustment at Time […]

Attributional style was examined as a diathesis for depression, hopelessness, & suicide ideation. A naturalistic stressor – obtaining a D or F on an Introductory Psychology exam – was used in a longitudinal design to test for the effects of stress in predicting these criteria. Controlling for preexam levels, prestress attributional style was consistently related […]

This evaluation was conducted through 1,021 surveys of school staff who participated in youth suicide prevention training in Virginia as well as a control group who did not participate in the training. Participants in both ASIST & QPR training reported the training was beneficial. ASIST participants received more training than QPR participants & as such […]

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Senate Joint Resolution 382 required the Virginia Department of Health to study the issue of suicide in the Commonwealth & prepare a report with recommendations for the Governor & the General Assembly. A core-working group was developed to conduct this study. Their findings are presented in the present document, along with 12 recommendations developed by […]

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This study investigated the importance of diagnostic factors in the prediction of suicidal ideation in a high-risk sample of 73 high school students. Suicidal ideation was assessed with the Modified Scale for Suicidal Ideation. 74% of subjects met criteria for a psychiatric disorder & continuous measures of psychiatric symptoms provided stronger prediction of suicidal ideation […]

This report was prepared in response to a request by the 2000 General Assembly of the Virginia Senate that the Virginia Commission on Youth develop a comprehensive youth suicide prevention plan. Based on the findings of the Commission, 14 major recommendations for the development, implementation, & monitoring of a coordinated suicide prevention strategy are presented. […]

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The authors summarize the experience of the Northern Virginia Hotline which, in order to improve volunteer satisfaction & make the phone service more easily accessible to the general population, implemented a new policy aimed specifically at remedying problems posed by repeat callers.

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This study expands on previous research regarding attitudes of older adults toward disclosures of the diagnosis of Alzheimer’s disease (AD). 200 patients 65 years or older completed a questionnaire assessing opinions about being told the diagnosis of AD versus cancer. Those with personal experience with AD were significantly less likely to want to know themselves […]

These guidelines, which were mandated by the 1999 Virginia General Assembly, identify those actions that should be taken by school personnel when they suspect a student is at risk for suicide. A major component of the identified measures focuses on procedures to follow for contacting parents, or if conditions warrant, the local or state service […]

This study reports the results of a national survey of 1000 randomly selected professional counsellors regarding the frequency & impact of client suicide. Respondents who had & who had not encountered client suicide were consistently divided among a variety of specialities & settings. 24% of those who had experienced the suicide of a client who […]

Adding manipulative behaviour to an inmate’s suicidal profile complicates staff supervision, especially when threats are used as a means of controlling staff response. A comprehensive team approach is critical in managing the manipulative/suicidal inmate. While this inmate thrives on creating misinformation & targeting staff to be used to his/her advantage, the team approach dramatically reduces […]

This article describes development of the Adolescent Suicide Prevention Program started in 1982 in Virginia & includes an initial evaluation. After the first year, suicides were less than half the number occurring the year before the program began. The article discusses program organization, training for school administrators & teachers, parental involvement & student involvement (peer […]

FAN Club was devised in the Greater Prince William area of Northern Virginia, where 40% of population are adolescents, to give teenagers alternatives to suicide & to strengthen the support system for troubled teens. It is not a counselling group. FAN Club is a group of students from different high schools, working together on suicide […]

This article provides statistics & trends in suicidal behavior in Virginia, U.S.A. The authors also descirbe F.A.N., or the Friends Are Needed Club, which was created to strengthen the support system for troubled teenagers. It is a self conerned teen group with 2 adult sponsors. It’s goals include promoting self esteem & the message that […]

This article provides a number of case examples from newspapers & hospital reports. All of the case histories, except one, are about drunk driving accidents, with resulting deaths & brain injuries. The remaining case describes a man who received brain injuries after running into a wall while drunk. The authors assert that comprehensive treatment programs […]