The following notes come from “Youth Violence: Theory, Prevention, and Intervention” by Kathryn Seifert, which I read before participating in the SAVRY (Structured Assessment of Violence Risk in Youth). Youth Violence – Prevalence and Trends Four Types of Violence Situational Relationship Predatory Psychopathological There are two types of violence, instrumental and reactive violence. The goal of…
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Non-Suicidal Self Injury (NSSI)
Non-suicidal self injury (NSSI) is the professional name for a number of forms of self-injury. Self-injury is a very common mental and physical health issue affecting many populations, but especially young people and trauma survivors. Types of self-injury include: Cutting Embedding objects under the skin Biting Scratching Skin-carving Hitting Head banging Interfering with…
Means Restriction in Suicide Prevention
What is Means Restrictions? Means restriction is a technique for preventing suicide that involves restricting or preventing access to the tools used to attempt suicide. This can be things like pills (for overdosing), firearms (for shooting), or railways (for jumping.) Some suicide methods have much higher lethality or chance of causing death than others. For…
Beginnings of an Online Crisis Chat Service
On June 29th, the Distress Centres of Dufferin/Wellington, Durham, Peel and Toronto joined together to launch an online crisis chat service. Texting through an unadvertised shortcode based on a service in the US or visiting our website provides access to a trained volunteer responder between 2pm and 2am. After running the service for a few…
Risk Factors Predicting Youth Suicide Attempts
Youth suicide represents a significant public health issue and one particularly important given that young people often have fewer tools to deal with their suicidal thoughts. Demographics Suicide is the 4th leading cause of death for youth in Canada (Statistics Canada, 2011). There are between 50 and 200 suicide attempts per suicide death in adolescents (Schwartz, 2003)….