SUICIDE Facts on Suicide Quiz Answers to Suicide

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Facts on Suicide Quiz

Answers to Suicide Facts Quiz • True items: 2, 3, 7, 9, 12, 13, 14, 17 • False items: 1, 4, 5, 6, 8, 10, 11, 15, 16, 18

Who Commits Suicide? • Each year 500, 000 people require emergency room treatment as a result of a suicide attempt. • Suicide took the lives of 30, 622 people in 2001 • Suicide is the third leading cause of death among young people ages 15 to 24. • Twice as many Americans die each year from suicide than from homicide. • Women outnumber men 3 to 1 in suicide attempts • Men outnumber women 4 to 1 in suicide deaths • Suicide rate has increased by over 300% over the last four decades • Highest suicide rate occurs in those over age 75.

Why do people attempt suicide? • To escape the pain of a chronic illness or the slow, agonizing death of a terminal disease. • Feelings of hopelessness, depression, guilt, rejection, failure, humiliation, or shame.

Risk Factors Associated with Suicidal Behavior • Recent relationship problems or lack of significant relationships • Poor coping and problem solving skills • Poor impulse control and impaired judgment • Rigid thinking or irrational beliefs • Having another major psychological disorder • Alcohol or Substance Abuse • Childhood physical or sexual abuse • Prior self-destructive behavior or a family history of suicide. • Presence of a firearm in the house

Suggestions for Helping Someone Feeling Hopeless & Suicidal • Actively listen as the person talks and vents his/her feelings • Don’t deny or minimize the person’s suicidal intentions • Identify other potential solutions • Ask the person to delay their decision • Encourage the person to seek professional help. • To access more information on suicide prevention please click HERE.