PSY 280 Lecture Notes - Lecture 16: Borderline Personality Disorder, Suicidal Ideation, Psychoeducation
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Behavioral activation: medication, combined treatment, ect for persistent mood disorders. Suicide rates: 10th leading cause of death in the u. s, rates have increased 60% globally in last 45 years. Suicide across lifespan: more teenagers and young adults die from suicide than from cancer, heart disease, Aids, birth defects, stroke, pneumonia, influenza, and chronic lung disease, Combined: each day, there is an average of over 5,400 attempts by young people grades 7-12. Sex differences in suicide rates: males more likely than females to attempt suicide, females report more suicidal ideation. Suicide in younger populations: rates are increasing, 90% of children that commit suicide have a mental health disorder. Suicide facts for michigan, suicide is the 10th leading cause of death. Prior attempts: one out of three suicide deaths is not the individual"s first attempt, the risk for completing suicide is more than 100 times greater during the first year after an attempt.
