Many have noticed that suicides are up in the Murfreesboro area. Sgt. Kyle Evans with the police department stated...
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Hear the entire statement from Sgt. Evans (1 min and 25 sec):
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Individual Family History
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Mental disorders:
- Depression
- Schizophrenia
- Anxiety disorders
- Borderline Personality Disorder
States of Mind:
- Hopelessness
- Impulsivity
- Low self-esteem
- Psychic pain
Behaviors:
- Social withdrawal
- Alcohol or drug abuse
- Aggressive tendencies or history of violent behavior
- Previous suicide attempt
Gender:
- Male (for completions)
- Female (for attempts)
- Older age
History:
- Previous psychiatric treatment
- History of trauma or abuse
- Suicide ideation
- Physical
- Access to means (e.g., firearms, poisons)
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Peer/Family
- History of interpersonal violence, conflict, abuse, bullying
- Family history of alcoholism
- Social isolation: low or lack of social support and sense of isolation
- Exposure to suicidal behavior: family history of suicide
- Exposure to suicide
- Stigma associated with help-seeking behavior
- Barriers to accessing health care, especially mental health services and substance abuse treatment
- No-longer married
- Loss of close attachment relationship (e.g., divorce, death of spouse)
- Access to means (e.g., firearms, poisons)
Community
- Access to lethal means: (e.g., bridges)
- Unemployment or financial loss
- Relational or social loss/humiliation
- Local clusters of suicide that have a contagious influence
- Barriers to health care and mental health care
- Stigma
- Exposure to suicide (e.g., media or memorials)
Society
- Certain Cultural and religious beliefs (e.g., suicide is a noble resolution of a personal dilemma)
- Societal breakdown
- Western geography
- Rural/Remote
- Cultural values and attitudes Media influence
- Alcohol misuse and abuse
- Economic instability
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