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“My mother also was wonderful. She cooked meal after meal for me during my long bouts of depression, helped me with my laundry, and helped pay my medical bills. She endured my irritability and boringly bleak mood, drove me to the doctor, took me to pharmacies, and took me shopping. Like a gentle mother cat who picks up a straying kitten by the nape of its neck, she kept her marvelously maternal eyes wide-open, and, if I floundered too far away, she brought me back into a geographic and emotional range of security, food, and protection. Her formidable strength slowly eked its way into my depleted marrowbone. It, coupled with medicine for my brain and superb psychotherapy for my mind, pulled me through day after impossibly hard day.” Jamison, K. R. (1995). An Unquiet Mind: A Memoir of Moods and Madness. Knopf: New York, NY: 118-119. |
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| Introduction | ||
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Family members can be mothers, life partners, sisters, cousins, grandfathers, friends, great uncles, or hold countless other roles within the family unit. Suicide affects families and families can affect suicidal thoughts and behaviors.
Researchers have not determined a cause for suicide, but are getting closer to determining what life situations, feelings, and behaviors put a person at risk for suicide. Family members have an opportunity to learn about suicide to help protect their loved ones as well as to learn about how to support families after a suicide. |
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| What to look for as a Family Member | ||
| Talking and learning about associated factors with suicide, protective factors, and mental illness can help family members to get their loved ones and other members of their community the help that they need. | ||
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| What to do to help as a Family Member | ||
| There are steps that family members can take to make sure that their loved ones stay safe from self-harm. Learn about what to do in a non-crisis and crisis situation. | ||
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| What education is available for a Family Member | ||
| Find educational resources for family members including books, articles, Web sites, and online tools. | ||
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| What researchers are doing of interest to Family Members | ||
| Researchers help us to learn about suicide and help to prevent suicide. Find research resources to increase your current understanding about suicide and suicide prevention. | ||
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| What other resources are available for Family Members | ||
| Not all resources neatly fit into specific categories. Additional suicide prevention resources are provided for family members. | ||
| What to look for | ||
| >Detection Resources | ||
| >>Associated Factors | ||
| >>Protective Factors | ||
| >>Facts | ||
| >>Myths | ||
| >>How to relate | ||
| >>Common concerns | ||
| >Professional resources | ||
| >>Professional screening tools | ||
| >>Suicide risk screening tools | ||
| What to do to help | ||
| >Treatment Resources | ||
| >>What to do in an emergency | ||
| >>Suicide hotlines | ||
| >>Facilities | ||
| >>Mental health providers | ||
| >>Legal considerations | ||
| >>Standard treatments for suicide ideation | ||
| >>What to do as a survivor of suicide | ||
| >Professional Resources | ||
| >>Clinical guidance | ||
| >>Ethical and Legal guidelines | ||
| >>Assessment information | ||
| >>Medication information | ||
| >>What to do as a professional survivor of suicide | ||
| What education is available | ||
| >Education Resources | ||
| >>Online educational tools | ||
| >>Organizations | ||
| >>Courses for credit | ||
| >>Publications | ||
| >Professional Resources | ||
| >>Higher education | ||
| >>Organizations | ||
| >>Courses for credit | ||
| >>Continuing education | ||
| >>Conferences | ||
| >>Publications | ||
| What researchers are doing | ||
| >Research Resources | ||
| >>Research news | ||
| >>Statistics | ||
| >>Clinical trials | ||
| >>Grants/RFP | ||
| >>Institutions | ||
| >Professional
Resources >>Research news |
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| Adult Acquaintance | ||
| AOD Counselor | ||
| Clergy | ||
| Counselor/Social Worker | ||
| Crisis Worker/EMT | ||
| Employer | ||
| Family Member | ||
| Geriatric Specialist | ||
| Law Enforcement | ||
| Media Personnel | ||
| Military Personnel | ||
| Nurse | ||
| Parent | ||
| Physician | ||
| Psychiatrist | ||
| Psychologist | ||
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