Preventing suicide Part B: 

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This is the second half of a presentation I attended by Gregory a Hudnall. He is from Hope 4 Utah. He gave some valuable information about suicide. Any misinformation is the fault of the note taker.

  • 8 to 14% of those who suicide have been bullied by their peers this even happened the church. There were even some church kids who hid their peers clothes while at the temple
  • The LG BT community is at high risk of suicide because of persecution for their behavior. There is a perception that because of the strong stance of the church against same gender relationships that the person themselves as being rejected. The church is trying to emphasize that we need to love individual no matter their life choice.
  • The youth needs to learn resilience. Some of this is handicapped when we have participation trophies instead of two victory trophies. Adults don’t want to hurt the children’s feelings so they don’t hand out awards for superior skill and effort. Parents attempted to fix the problems of the children that children need to learn failure so they can gain resistance to stronger challenges in the later life.
  • We need to create a new generation of kids who will handle failure by participating in failure and they grow to overcome
  • QPR Institute:
  • If I visit a population new CPR then there would be 12% less desk by heart attack because of being saved by peer
  • If someone mentions suicide, the event will usually occur within the next 24 to 48 hours. That is the crucial time for prevention.
  • Is someone is a warning sign of suicide wants it may not be a big deal but when it goes to second or third it is extremely important to address the issue and get professional help.
  • The warning signs are indicated by what they say, their behavior in the situation
  • 60% of those who objected to suicide have has involvement with the court system.
  • There is an indirect approach to ask about suicide by asking the person have you felt unhappy. Acknowledge that you’ve seen the dog to a lot of hardships and you wonder how the doing.
  • It’s okay to ask them if they attempted to hurt themselves. This will not put the thought into their heads. If they are mentally healthy illness run off their backs but if they already depressed they’ve already thought about suicide you will not be planting the idea to their heads.
  • If you can ask the question about how they feel find someone who can ask them
  • Parents may say I’m concerned and care about you I’m worried that you have gone through a lot of hardships and you may be tempted to hurt yourself.
  • When someone does need help they need to be referred to professionals. If there is an immediate threat to suicide and you need help in preventing it, you need to involve calling the police.
  • Wasatch mental phone call: 801 – 373 – 7390 will be answered by a licensed therapist.
  • Safe up, is a Phone app that can be installed on your child’s phone have them go through it and if they get depressed inquiries and use it.
  • Crisis line is 741-740 –start
  • Kids are often more willing to text their concerns rather than vocalize them.

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