Identifying a NAI high suicide risk profile

[Thunderwolf, MSN, RN]

The American Indian most inclined toward a completed suicide has the following social characteristics:

• He is often a male between 15 and 24 years of age.
  
• He is single.
  
• He is under the influence of alcohol just before his suicide attempt.
  
• He has lived with a number of ineffective or inappropriate parental substitutes because of familial disruption.
  
• He has spent time in boarding schools and has been moved from one to another.
  
• He has been raised by caretakers who have come into conflict with the law.
  
• He has often been jailed at an early age.
  
• He has experienced an emotional loss, such as divorce, desertion, or death in the family.
  
• He has experienced a past loss through violence of someone to whom he felt attached.

To view the entire article with preventative steps, please go here:

http://aihc1998.tripod.com/suicide.html

[Medicine Eagle]

Thank you Wolfie. This is very important information. Suicidal pts. frequently present to the ER first. Either from attempted suicide or suicidal ideations. The article was an excellent source of information. :yelclap: Many Thanks,

Tired Brave Heart