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Psychiatric Nursing
Ch. 19 Self-Protective Responses and Suicidal Behavior
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Nursing
Undergraduate 4
07/14/2011

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Self-Injury
Definition
the act of deliberate harm to one's own body that is severe enough to cause tissue damage
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Categories of suicidal behavior
Definition
  • suicidal ideation
  • suicide threat
  • suicide attempts
  • completed suicide
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Suicide Ideation
Definition
the thought of self-inflicted death, either self-reported or reported to others (can be passive or active)
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Passive suicide ideation
Definition
when there are only thoughts of suicide with no intent to act
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Active suicide ideation
Definition
when there are plans or thoughts of causing one's own death
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Suicide threat
Definition
a warning, direct or indirect, verbal or nonverbal, that a person is planning to take one's own life
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Suicide attempt
Definition
any self-directed action taken by a person that will lead to death if not stopped
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Elements of the most suicidal person
Definition
  • highly lethal method
  • specific plan
  • means readily available 
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Completed suicide
Definition
death from self-inflicted injury, poisoning, or suffocation where there is evidence that the decedent intended to kill himself or herself
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Psychological autopsy
Definition
a retrospective review of the person's behavior before the suicide
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postvention
Definition
survivors are helped, either individually or in groups, to express their feelings and work through their grief
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Behavior theory of self-destructive behavior
Definition
suggests that self-injury is learned and reinforced in childhood or adolescence 
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Psychological theory of self-destructive behavior
Definition
focuses on problems in early stages of ego development, suggesting that early interpersonal trauma and unmanaged anxiety may provoke episodes of self-injury
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Interpersonal theory of self-destructive behavior
Definition
proposes that self-injury may result from interactions that leave the child feeling guilty and worthless 
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5 predisposing factors that contribute to a biopsychosocial model for understanding self-destructive behavior throughout the life cycle 
Definition
  1. psychiatric diagnoses
  2. personality traits and disorders
  3. psychosocial factors & physical illness
  4. genetic & familial variables
  5. biochemical factors
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Psychiatric disorders that put patient at suicidal risk
Definition
  • mood disorders
  • substance abuse
  • schizophrenia
  • anxiety disorders 
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4 aspects of personality most closely associated with increased suicide risk
Definition
  1. hostility
  2. impulsivity
  3. depression
  4. hopelessness 
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Predisposing factors for suicide
Definition
  • loss
  • lack of social supports
  • negative life events
  • chronic physical illnesses 
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