PSY 322 Lecture Notes - Lecture 8: Suicidal Ideation, Malignant Hyperthermia, Suicide Intervention
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* 30,000 people die every year from suicide. * 2% of all deaths in the us. * 3% of americans attempt at some point in their life. * 8th leading cause of death in us 2000"s year. * people w/ current depression commit suicide at a rate 50 times greater than non-depressed people. * nothing is going to workout for me. * the 1st suicidal must be hard but next time it will be more easier. * 3 or 4 times more likely than men. * men jumping off a cliff or shooting themselves. * times more likely to complete suicide than the young. * young are more likely suicidal attempt than elderly. * single more likely to suicide than married couple. * 40% of patients who died by suicide have tole others of their intentions. * additional 30% have talked about death and dying. * 70% had say something indicate having trouble.