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School Sessions on Youth Suicide
This information package contains teaching material suitable for high school & college students as well as adult groups. School Sessions outlines session structure, discussion material, & fact sheets detailing clues, myths & facts. The film Urgent Messages is recommended. Responsibility is directed toward grade 9 students & covers material similar to School Sessions but also […]
Quality Control System of a Crisis Center: Method and Outcome Results
Reports methodology & results of a 6 – year program evaluation study of a crisis intervention center in Minneapolis. The service provides for drop-in & telephone contact. It is staffed by an equal number of professionals & volunteers. Results are positive. (WALL)
Suicide: A Question of Life and Death
This paper investigates the environmental & psychological variables, motives, methods, signs & prevention techniques that have been formulated about the children & adolescents who attempt & sometimes complete suicide. Author aims to educate others regarding the facts about youthful suicide to increase the probability that meaningful & timely intervention will successfully alter the course of […]
Six Suggestions for Reducing Stress in Your Life
Practical measures for managing stress in everyday life are described. Suggestions are provided for lifestyle adjustments that will lead to lower stress levels in day-to-day living. Readers are encouraged to develop a wide range of enjoyable interests, avoid becoming overburdened with commitments, pay attention to their own levels of physical fitness, schedule time for relaxation […]
Healthy and Unhealthy Attitudes Toward Death, Dying and Grief
To be used in death education workshops for high schools, mental health associations, nurses associations, etc. The course is designed to help persons understand the various ways that our society & other societies help their members cope with the loss of a loved one & to develop skills & attitudes necessary for coping with loss.
Seasonal Patterns of Suicide Among Males and Females
The number of suicides occurring in New Hampshire by month from 1965-75 were obtained from N.H. Dept. of Vital Stats. 1002 suicides were examined by ANOVA by sex & month. The findings indicate that more males than females commit suicide, more suicides occur in the spring & fall relative to the summer & winter. Recommendations […]
An Ego Vulnerabilites Approach to Suicide Assessment
Research and clinical efforts to appraise an individual’s vulnerability for suicidal crises seem to be among our least developed skills. Several reasons for our ineffectiveness are mentioned. A model is offered for assessing the vulnerability to suicidal crises within the context of an individual’s pattern of ego strengths & self-other expectations. Implicit in the model […]
A Suicide Seminar-Peigan Indian Reservation (July 6th & 7th 1983)
This manuscript covers resource materials used at a workshop on the Peigan Reserve at Brocket, Alberta. The workshop was designed for professional people working in alcoholism counselling, social services, health care and rehabilitation. The focus was on knowledge, attitudes and the skills required for dealing with suicidal people.
Incorporating Suicide Prevention Training into the Educational System (Suicide Prevention Provincial Advisory Committee Meeting – Ms. Charlotte Ross, Guest Consultant)
Ross explains how the youth suicide prevention program in California gained acceptance in schools. Immobilization of staff due to their feeling of lack of knowledge and skills in dealing with suicide intervention was solved by establishing trust, understanding, and helping relationships within peer groups. Thus, need could be identified and referrals and resouces utilized. Talking […]
After a Loved One Commits Suicide
An article by Fr. Arnaldo Pangrazzi, a priest formerly in Milwaukee, who worked with the Survivors of Suicide group. The article discusses handling the whys of suicide & gives a historical perspective on suicide from the early Greeks to the present. Also discussed are common problems of suicide survivors, such as stigma, living with shattered […]
Some Questions and Answers on Suicide for the Alberta Psychiatrists
A look at suicide statistics designed for the Alberta psychiatrist. It looked at the number of attempts treated in Alberta hospitals each year, the number of successful suicides in relation to number of attempts, rates for schizophrenia & manic-depressive psychosis, rates of suicide at various times of admission into a mental hospital & the ratio […]
Is it Just Attention Getting? A Study of Teenage Suicide
Suicidal gestures by anyone are important cries for help, and should never be treated lightly. To ignore or ridicule the person about their suicidal gesture could trigger further attempts. Always assume the suicidal person welcomes rescue, despite the tremendous amount of ambivalence they exhibit. Patient listening is the first requirement. Helping the suicidal person talk […]
A Proposal for the Delivery of Crisis Intervention Services in the North
A model is proposed for the development of crisis intervention services in northern Ontario communities. Central to the proposal is the idea that concerted efforts are needed to implement a system of mental health services to ensure early detection of suicidal activity, emergency crisis intervention responses & the implementation of primary efforts aimed at preventing […]
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