PSYCH-230 Chapter Notes - Chapter 1: Psych, Mental Disorder, Nondestructive Testing
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Miss refers to the multi-site intervention study on suicidal behaviours. (1) health and empowered individuals, families, and schools. Canada doesn"t have a suicide prevention strategy. Canadian association for suicide prevention (casp) developed a blueprint. Works together with the mental health commission of canada (mhcc) Most people who try to kill themselves suffer from a mental disorder. To be treated is to reduce risk. Success with beck"s approach lessens suicide risk. Marsha linehans dialectical behaviour therapy for individuals with bd also does this. Another tradition in suicide prevention downplays mental disorder and concentrates instead on the particular characteristics of suicidal people that transcend mental disorders. (1) reduce the intense psychological pain and suffering. (2) lift the blinders; that is, expand the constricted view by helping the individual see options other than the extremes of continued suffering or nothingness. (3) encourage the person to pull back even a little from the self-destructive act. Drawing up the list itself is calming.
