Purpose: This assignment provides students with an opportunity to understand suicide risk assessment and prevention models.
Description: The case example may be portrayed in national news sources, movies, television shows, or novels. Students are strongly encouraged to select a case in which sufficient information is provided in order to answer the questions. For the case example, students will need to discuss the following:
1. Provide an introduction to the case and discuss factors related to lethality.
2. Address risk factors precipitating the suicide attempt. Specifically, you need to consider desire, capability, and intent.
3. Discuss the perspective or worldview of the individual. How does he or she make meaning from experiences?
4. Discuss concerns related to ethics and diversity.
5. Explore protective factors that would mitigate suicide risk
6. Develop a disposition plan and provide a rationale for the disposition plan.
7. In the final paragraph, provide an example of how you might document risk factors, protective factors, and the disposition plan. For real or fictional cases of individuals who committed suicide, students may write the paper as if the individual was still alive and a thorough suicide assessment might have prevented the suicide. Students must answer each question above for a real or fictional case.
The Suicide Assessment Assignment must:
-Utilize 12-point, Arial font
-Utilize 1 inch margins
-Be double-spaced
-Be 4-6 pages, with each question being covered in no less than one paragraph (more or less, half a page)
-Use APA format
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