We may never understand the causes of suicide, but we can look at factors which could increase the likelihood of such an event. Some of these factors are: lack of support from others; a history of mental illness; low levels of income or employment; unemployment; homelessness; and poverty.
There exist many popularly used or at least popularly known forms of treatment for suicide; while these forms may serve therapeutic purposes for a range of people with suicidal thoughts and intentions or suicidal behavior, not all of them are supported by research evidence to be effective. At the least, an evidence-based, systematic review could help clinicians more easily decide which therapeutic interventions to choose as they are treating their suicidal clients.
Although suicide can take many forms, certain characteristics are associated with suicidal behaviour. These factors are highly likely to have the ability to affect a person by making him or her more likely to take the suicide. It is therefore paramount to be aware of these identifiable factors and attempt to identify suicidal thoughts early on.
Suicide is exceedingly rare, accounting for less than 1% of deaths in the US between 1999 and 2006. Although there is a lack of information on the risk factors for suicide by gender and race, suicide by race appears to be less prevalent than suicide by gender and race. As such, prevention efforts need to focus on suicide by gender, rather than by race. Identifying risk factors for suicide is important in the development of suicide prevention strategies.
The yearly suicide rate in the United States since 1960 is 7.9 per 100,000 population per year, and the death rate ratio is 5.2. More broadly, the suicide death rate in the United States exceeds the death rate ratio for any other country among wealthy nations.
Mental health practitioners and general practitioners play an important role of evaluating distress in elderly patients, with an opportunity to initiate appropriate interventions that reduce their distress, if they present with suicidal ideation.
CBM for HVS stigma may be beneficial for helping distressed U.S.-USI, because CBM seems superior to HVS self-help intervention. Because of the high level of CBM’s general acceptance, and relatively low cost, further research should examine other psychotherapies for clinical use, including CBM for HVS stigma.
The data suggest that, in many of these cases, there may be a common familial disposition which predisposes toward suicidal behavior. Future studies are needed to test these hypotheses.
Findings from this trial provide first evidence that CBM is a safe and effective intervention for reducing people's self-report of problem-related social stigma, and that self-reported problem-related stigma may also be a useful outcome measure of CBM interventions.
In a recent study, findings shows that CBM intervention may be considered appropriate in relation to modifying StM and its influences during a clinical encounter.
CBM is an efficacious tool to reduce the perceived mental health distress of others. Further research is warranted to tease out the mechanisms underlying its effects.