Psychology Essay #1 In the year of 2015 I had been well acquainted with a handsome man. He was tall, smart, and funny. We knew each other for about three years. Until there was a sudden change of events. My friend had completed suicide. At this point, I felt like I didn’t know him as I wish I had. Had I known him better I could have put in more of an effort to help. I acknowledge that there was a severe mental disorder that contributed to his actions therefore I decided to go forth and discuss psychological disorders and specific treatment modalities for suicide prevention. Although all suicide cases are not the same there are many precautions and systematic procedures to help those who suffer from mental disorders.
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(Psychology, Community & Health)” some precautions for mental health workers to be free from anxiety and burnout are to understand and except that “suicide can’t always and/or permanently be prevented” I found this important because if suicide was to occur the tendency in which a person questions if all the necessary steps were taking to prevent the event from occurring, is common. Also, this can cause emotional destruction or mourning for a death. Furthermore, being able to relate to that role in the attempt to help can also elevate stress levels. Interestingly “stress level measures showed adverse responses were higher for outpatient than inpatient workers; for those who had received genetic training in suicide prevention and for those who had experienced a workplace related client suicide”. Because of the state anxiety assessment questionnaire and similar questionnaires facilities are more in tune with their patients’ needs and can offer the extended help …show more content…
For example, the worker who is always with the patient is aware that their job is being fulfilled and the patient is often their focus in comparison to the workers who are outpatient who is out in society enjoying everyday living then put back into an environment of duty and emotional distress. This itself is a difficult process and a work in progress. There have been many efforts to revise strategic planning when responding to high national suicide rates (Shulkin, 2016; Zero Suicide, 2015). “One of the key concepts of the 2012 National Strategy for Suicide Prevention is the Zero Suicide initiative”, which implies that suicide prevention is an important responsibility of health care systems and that approaches are needed to address prevention chances and expand on the outcomes. (Hogan, & Grumet,