When it comes to suicide risk assessment, one thing that I really…

SuperHeatSalmon29When it comes to suicide risk assessment, one thing that I really…When it comes to suicide risk assessment, one thing that I really want to point out is that it’s more than just our judgment of the various risk factors for suicide that are present for the client, but also asking specific questions of the client related to whether or not they’re having suicidal thoughts, and what kinds of thoughts are they having, and do they have a plan? means? intention to act on those thoughts? are the thoughts popping into their head and sliding out or are they persistent and/or the client is giving a timeline on when they might act (“seems like in the next week, I’m going to act on these thoughts”). One option is the use of standardized measures that might assess risk factors-  based on your research, what are any assessments you can recommend?  Can you make any recommendations of effective (and/or ineffective!) ways to ask clients about suicide? And any advice on how we might artfully ask the questions in a way that generates honest and authentic answers?  If you had a patient who needed medication but had no insurance, what would you do? Are there any programs or resources that could help?   A lack of decent social support has been linked to more severe mental illness, and subsequently, increased social support can be linked to a decrease in depression symptom severity, thereby potentially decreasing the risk of suicide (Seet et al., 2022). In seeing how Beverly reports that people have reacted to her depression and the way that her symptoms have left her at times feeling hopeless, exhausted, and isolated, would you/how would you address Beverly’s lack of support circle? Beverly had suffered depression since she was eleven years old, she states how she has felt since then. She had gone through so much from fatigue to loneliness. Although, depression is something that touches a ton of people each year, sometimes it doesn’t last very long and for others they can’t get out of the depression. This is one of the largest problems that we have today because we need to help those that are in a depression but a lot of the time the patient can hardly get the help needed due to the insurance companies, as Beverly explained at one point, she couldn’t get her medication due to insurance issues. It is getting harder and harder for help due to these companies. Do you feel that someone that is having mental health issues to the point that they are threatening self-harm, do you feel that online or face to face is the best or that they should try some in patient care?Social SciencePsychology