NOTE: While this assessment is still very useful, I have changed my recommendation for a comprehensive suicide risk assessment to the DCIB Suicide Risk Assessment. You can see a video of this post here. Suicide Risk Assessment with CPR Model The CPR Model is a simple and effective model for suicide risk assessment. It is…
Suicide Risk Factors, Warning Signs and Protective Factors
Suicide risk factors are those characteristics a person may possess that can increase their suicide risk on a “macro level.” Merely having these things indicates a person may be at an increased risk of suicide over their lifetime, but does not indicate that they are going to kill themselves soon, or even at all. Suicide…
Identifying Suicide Lethality
Do you know how to identify suicide lethality in others? It’s important to identify what causes a person to become suicidal. It’s probably easy to imagine some situations that could cause a person to become suicidal. Financial ruin, becoming the victim of a heinous crime like rape, losing your job can all cause suicidal thoughts….
Sociometry
Sociometry is the study of social relationships, invented by the psychiatrist and sociologist Jacob Moreno. Similar to link analysis, sociometry involves using a tool called the sociogram, a graphical representation of social links. Sociograms can be used to graph the communication between people over a long period of time (days, weeks or months), like a…
Link Analysis
Creating a Link Analysis Link analysis is a simple technique used in intelligence analysis to demonstrate the connections or relationships between people. It is commonly used in social science research, criminal investigations and national security. The first step to link analysis is to collect the data, and decide on a coding scheme. An example coding…