Suicide: a risk factor

It is a sobering fact that suicide is one of the most common cause of premature death among people with mental illness. Feeling suicidal means feeling more pain than you can cope with at the time. But remember, no problem lasts forever. 

With help, you can feel better and keep yourself safe. People get through this. People who feel as badly as you feel now. To get help, you can survive.

If you feel immediately suicidal someone how you feel, ask them to stick with you until you get help, call the medical professional, tell them it is an emergency, ask for the mental health team, call crisis helpline.

What to do during a crisis ?

• Put your safety plane into action.
• Delay taking action: promise yourself you'll wait at least 24 hours before acting, to give you time to get help.
• Make your environment safe: remove objects you could use to hurt yourself like pills, knives or razors.
• Avoid drugs and alcohol
• Share with someone you trust: it could be a friend, family member, medical professional, member of your spiritual, teacher or helpline counsellor.
• Soothe and distract yourself.
• Write positive things down.
• Write down your goals.

What to do once the crisis has passed?

• Get ongoing help 
• Identify your triggers
• Make a safety plan 
• Schedule your days
• Develop new interests
• Take care of yourself
• Build your social network
• Manage your stress.

This is what I want to sure about self help when you feel suicidal.

Five important lessons from people who have attempt suicide

1. Reduce the stigma around suicide

Stigma is pervasive and severely undermines people's willingness to talk about their suicidal quotes and feelings.

It is crucial that breakdown the stigma associated with suicide and mental illness, and encourage those who are struggling with decide to discuss their feelings and seek help.

2. Expressing suicidal thoughts in not just attention seeking

Many people discuss the distal of not being taken seriously are being accused of attention seeking, a this can be extremely damaging to people who are already in vulnerable state.

3. Suicide is not a selfish act 

Some people talked about a need to "end the suffering"they were causing others. In this way the suicide attempt was not selfish.

4. Professional support is crucial

Difficulty assessing appropriate professional support, some experienced a variety of helpful and unhelpful interactions professionals with professionals and find complicated path.

5. People who attempt suicide are resilient 

A resounding message from the research to that people who attempt suicide can recover, and those who have survived an attempt suicide are often more stronger and more resilient.

Fortis to help mental health services when responding to suicide bereavement

Lost caused by the suicide of loved one with mental illness has profound effect on families and friends. The bereaved often have to deal with the range of complex emotions including confusion, disappeared and anger and at mental health services.

In response, SANE Australia has developed bereavement guidelines for services encouraging them to have a formal and thoughtful full response. The guidelines for overcoming common obstacles to supporting family and friends are are below:

1. Fear of litigation

Issues of liability can be a real concern and it is essential that services operate in accordance with medical legal policy. 

2. Confusion about confidentiality

Confidentiality rules can be confusing. Health workers are sometimes and sure what they can say to families and as a result it do not say anything at all. It is important that workers should check the the confidentiality laws of their state.

3. Conclusion about the role of mental health services offering online support to bereaved families

Another common obstacle that mental health workers talked about in supporting brief families and friends is that they do not have the remit capacity to of ongoing support to those who are bereaved.

4. Fear of negative reactions from the families

And mental health services to take the step of contacting families after the death of a loved one to offer support there can be concerned about the reaction they may face. Family and friends can be angry, frustrated  or emotional. It is natural to feel anxiety

Attempt suicide is the single biggest risk factor associated with death by suicide. It is crucial that we better understand what helps or hinders people who attempt suicide in order to reduce the suicide rate.