PSY-2212 Lecture Notes - Lecture 14: Suicidal Ideation, Substance Abuse, Sexual Orientation
Document Summary
Statistics: teens: 3rd leading cause of death for teens. Males: 7th leading cause of death for all ages. Females: 16th leading cause of death for all ages: 33,000 per year. Comparison: murder 20,000 per year: has been increasing. Use of ssri"s: many suicides are preventable: 90% are suffering from a treatable psych disorder, only 20% mde are being treated, recording issues (family wants it to be called an accident) - 50% called accidents. Single car crashes: sometimes are suicide, not accidents: interpersonal violence (rape): suicide ideation increases. Risk factors: gender: males 4:1 females. Male are more likely to use guns: availability of firearms (sheriffs dept. can keep firearms for you, age seen later in teenage years, geography: rural areas 2x the risk than urban areas. Suicide contracts: work because it shows you care, and gives multiple options: sexual or physical assault/abuse, substance abuse: often self-medicating for something that is wrong.
