METHODS AND PREVENTION OF SUICIDE

METHODS AND PREVENTION OF SUICIDE

There are many methods of suicide, here are a few of the most common:

Asphyxiation: using a plastic bag, sleeping in a closed room, opening the gas valve, jumping into the water, strangling...

Blood loss: Slit wrist or throat, biting tongue.

Use a gun or knife, scissors / sharp object.

Self-immolation/electric shock.

Trauma: Jumping from a window, jumping stairs, jumping a building. Lying on a train track, jumping into a car...

Overuse of drugs, toxic drugs (sleeping pills, narcotics, pesticides, herbicides, anti-malarial drugs, arsenic, rat poison ...)

Do not eat (fasting).

Which method to use depends on the specific circumstances and living conditions of the suicidal person, so suicide prevention monitoring should be based on specific conditions.

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What are the symptoms of suicidal thoughts? (The telltale signs):

Before prevention, it is necessary to predict/predict the possible risk of suicide. Suicide prevention efforts are often less successful if not anticipated. The following are the most common signs of an individual:

 Are in the risk group mentioned above.

Signs of depression: (boredom, or fatigue, decreased interest in old habits), anxiety, despair, thoughts of guilt, worthless incompetence, bad thoughts, insomnia. Special attention should be paid to cases of prolonged insomnia, indifference to themselves or around, thinking they are full of guilt, evil, thinking they have a serious illness.

There are signs of paranoia, hallucinations: hearing voices in the head; think someone has installed a chip to control, monitor, do harm; poisoning; thought that someone was in charge, the devil/divine possessed; see ghosts/dead people.

Worrying too much. (worrying too much)

Intend to store, conceal items to commit suicide: hoard sleeping pills, knife/blade marks, wire preparation, etc.

Sudden unusual behavior: instructing relatives and children; get dressed, shower clean even if you don't plan to go out; naturally chat happily with people after a long time not communicating with the surroundings. These signs are often associated with the risk group A and pre-existing depression.

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​What to do when you meet someone who is contemplating suicide:

Here are some situations and ways to deal with someone who is contemplating suicide. It should be noted that the comments below are for reference only, not specific instructions. For each case, ingenuity and compromise of decisions are required.

Common mistakes:

Think a person when it comes to suicide they rarely dare? No. Some cases when they have thought of suicide, their mind is just focused on committing suicide, this thought is their number 1 priority, they will be able to do it at any time. any.

Will talking to someone who is contemplating suicide make them quickly turn suicidal? Mistakes, in many cases, after talking to the other person and being properly shared, it is possible that the person will give up suicidal thoughts.

Belittle / demean / laugh at / challenge suicidal thoughts? This can be likened to a double-edged sword. In some cases, it can help someone who is having suicidal thoughts to give up. In the vast majority of cases, however, it is this disdain or laugh at the thought of suicide that makes a person more quickly push the thought into action.

Thoughts of suicide can't go away, can't be treated? Depending on the cause of the suicide, doctors and psychologists can help treat these cases. Although most of the causes are due to psychological factors, it is also found that drugs are also very effective in all causes. Psychological support is a positive factor in preventing recurrent suicidal thoughts.

METHODS AND PREVENTION OF SUICIDE

General principles

Whatever the cause, suicidal thoughts are a Psychiatric emergency. Ideally, you should go to a hospital that specializes in Psychiatry for advice on treatment.

Intervention (pharmacological or psychological) must be initiated as soon as possible.

Do not miss any signs that indicate suicidal thoughts, always predict the possibility that suicide can occur in all cases.

The treatment combines many therapies: drugs, psychotherapy ...

For psychological causes, psychotherapy alone may be used. Psychotherapy provides psychological support and provides the patient with skills to deal with possible stress. Thereby, preventing the risk of recurrence.

Drug therapy is mandatory for the remaining cases. Especially the group caused by persistent obsessions, paranoia, patients with suicidal thoughts many times. The following cases require treatment: schizophrenia, suicide with aggressive behavior, suicide with other attempts.

Maintenance treatment is required. The duration of maintenance treatment depends on the etiology of the disease.

Cases of opposition to treatment require the consent of a third person in writing: another physician (who may not be a psychiatrist), a relative or friend of the patient (a person with a mind) and act in the patient's interest). This applies to the cases where treatment is required mentioned above.

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