Nursing 3920A/B Lecture Notes - Lecture 8: Agoraphobia, Acute Stress Reaction, Stuttering

• School: Western University
• Department: Nursing
• Course: Nursing 3920A/B
• Professor: Judith Moore Hepburn

Document Summary

Suicide: discuss the legal and ethical issues surrounding suicide ideation. Explore how nurses work toward establishing a therapeutic relationship with clients at risk for suicide. Learn about populations high risk for suicide, and the key indicators that put an individual at risk. Suicide is a permanent solution to an often temporary problem and is largely preventable! Self-harm is the manifestation of inner pain, hopelessness, and helplessness suffered by people experiencing suicide ideation. Self harm can also include self-mutilitaion: the difference b/w self-harm and suicide is that self-harm does not intend to take your own life. The physical pain is easier to cope with compared to the emotional pain. Suicide results from the interaction of many factors: mental illness, marital breakdown, financial hardship, deteriorating physical health, a major loss, or a lack of social support. 9th leading cause of death in canada: highest rate of suicide age 40-59 yr. Between 12-37% of people who die by suicide leave a note.