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Means Restriction in Suicide Prevention

Posted on February 1, 2016September 22, 2017 by Dustin

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…

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Suicide Prevention in the US Military

Posted on January 1, 2016May 28, 2016 by Dustin

Suicide prevention is a significant issue in the US military, with the loss of current service members and veterans a significant public and social health cost. There have been a variety of theories on the causes of the increase in military suicides, which has been termed an “epidemic.” (Pilkington, 2013) Model of Suicidal Behaviour A…

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DCIB Suicide Risk Assessment

Posted on May 16, 2015September 22, 2017 by Dustin

Introduction The DCIB Suicide Risk Assessment follows the new standards of the National Suicide Prevention Lifeline (Joiner, et. al., 2007). The result of the research and expert consensus was the following core principles and subcomponents, listed below. If you prefer to watch, you can see a video below. Components of the DCIB Risk Assessment Suicidal…

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Evaluating a Samaritans Suicide Risk Assessment

Posted on May 14, 2015May 28, 2016 by Dustin

The Samaritans are one of the most well-known suicide prevention organizations, helping individuals in distress via telephone, email and even through postal mail, over 5 million times a year (Pollack et. al. 2008) The Samaritans teach their volunteers the skills of active listening and the value of self-determination, and therefore most Samaritan organizations use no caller…

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Review of Suicide Risk Assessment Applications

Posted on April 26, 2015May 28, 2016 by Dustin

A short post today; while considering embarking on a side project to develop an iOS or Android application it occurred to me that suicide prevention and crisis intervention are areas where mobile applications could certainly come in handy (as well as case management.) I downloaded an Android emulator and several free apps to prevent suicide:…

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