suicide risk
Danger to oneself
Suicide risk is the likelihood that a person may attempt to end their own life.
Healthcare providers assess suicide risk to determine appropriate intervention: The psychiatrist identified him as a suicide risk and recommended hospitalization.
Risk factors include depression, previous attempts, substance abuse, and access to lethal means.
Someone described as a suicide risk requires monitoring and support.
- depressionProlonged low state
- crisisDecisive dangerous moment
- hotlineDirect emergency phone connection
- warning signsIndicators of impending danger
- interventionPurposeful involvement to change course
welfare check · self-harm · hopelessness · ideation · prevention · asking for help · counseling · mental health crisis · despair · breaking point · screening · assessment · lethargy · isolation · darkness · cry for help · therapy · medication
- Child Psychiatrychild psychiatrist, child psychiatry, child psychologist, child psychology, child mental health
- hardshiphardship, adversity, difficulty, trouble, struggle
- Drug Risksadverse reactions, side effects, drug interactions, overdose, toxicity
- Military Mental HealthPTSD, combat stress, combat trauma, shell shock, battle fatigue
- Assessment Scalesrating scale, pain scale, Apgar score
- clinical assessmentsvital signs, blood pressure, heart rate, pulse, respiration
suicide riskwill to live
Drive to keep existing
survival instinct · life-affirming · self-preservation · hope · resilience
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