EQ: What are the primary factors to consider when approaching someone who may be experiencing suicidal ideation?
Answer 1: Before approaching an individual you think may be suicidal, it is essential to first be able to identify the risk factors and warning sigs that the individual is experiencing in order to pick upon telltale signs.
Answer 2: After identifying the major risk factors, warning signs and risk level, it is necessary to learn the appropriate body and verbal language to appropriately convey our message of concern.
Answer 3: As one begin to help someone recover from suicidal ideation, it is crucial to identify appropriate social support for the person at risk, and the helper.
(2) What process did you take to arrive at this answer?
I believe that my best answer is my third answer because it is the one that is forgotten the most when it comes to helping another person. People tend to forget that the situation is stressful to be involved in, and often times the “helper” is unaware that it is necessary for them to have their own support, just as much as it is for the person at risk to have them as well. In addition to this, support systems (i.e. online chats, hotlines, support groups, individual therapy, etc.) play a big part in the recover of the person at risk, because they create a social movement to help an individual, have it be familial or strangers.
I believe that my best answer is my third answer because it is the one that is forgotten the most when it comes to helping another person. People tend to forget that the situation is stressful to be involved in, and often times the “helper” is unaware that it is necessary for them to have their own support, just as much as it is for the person at risk to have them as well. In addition to this, support systems (i.e. online chats, hotlines, support groups, individual therapy, etc.) play a big part in the recover of the person at risk, because they create a social movement to help an individual, have it be familial or strangers.
This answer was first inspired when i did my third interview with Lizette Martinez from the Didi Hirsch Suicide Prevention Center. When has entered the discussion on the importance of support systems when the topic of support group and therapy effectiveness for those who are suicidal and the steps to ensure the best results when approaching and individual. After this initial discussion, I continued and began to look into different issues and benefits from different forms of social support including: individual therapy, support groups, online chats, hotlines, and family relationships, all as different mediums for which people could use as social support.
(3) What problems did you face? How did you resolve them?
Throughout the course of the year, the biggest problem that I faced as in the beginning stage of the project because several groups that I has tried to interview or mentor with did not find it appropriate for me to take part in me mentoring because of my age, which also made interviews difficult initially. By being rejected during my initial attempts, I was able to see the stigma against suicide first hand, which demonstrated how even those involved with suicide prevention failed to set aside the idea that death can play a part of suicide prevention. For this, all that is took was more motivation to find people who were willing to help me grow on my knowledge so I could uphold the best result.
(4) What are the two most significant sources you used to answer your essential question and why?Throughout the course of the year, the biggest problem that I faced as in the beginning stage of the project because several groups that I has tried to interview or mentor with did not find it appropriate for me to take part in me mentoring because of my age, which also made interviews difficult initially. By being rejected during my initial attempts, I was able to see the stigma against suicide first hand, which demonstrated how even those involved with suicide prevention failed to set aside the idea that death can play a part of suicide prevention. For this, all that is took was more motivation to find people who were willing to help me grow on my knowledge so I could uphold the best result.
My most significant sources would be my third interview and my course on The Suicide Prevention and Intervention course provided by Wild Iris Education meant to educate nurses in the work field to face suicidal patients. The Wild Iris course, provided me with a professional touch to suicide prevention by addressing how to identify suicide within those who are at risk within the medical community. My third interview played as a gateway throughout my entire project and motivated me to continue looking into social support as a potential answer to my topic.
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