| In helping a person deal with suicidal
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| | 3. Problem-solving.
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| thoughts, it is best to combine the
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| | For cases that may not involve other
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| approach of treating the underlying
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| | psychological illnesses such as
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| mental disorder and treating suicidal
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| | depression, it may be helpful to take
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| tendencies directly. A five-point suicide
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| | note of Shneidman's approach in
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| prevention plan, dubbed SUPER, is
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| | preventing suicide. Following his ten
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| presented below:
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| | commandments, it becomes ultimately
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| 1. Savoring love.
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| | necessary to help the person seek a
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| The social support system of the person
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| | solution, which is outside the person's
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| with suicidal thoughts must let the
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| | realm of thinking.
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| people concerned know about the emotional
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| | As what Gerald Davidson, John Neale and
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| condition of that suicidal person. A
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| | Ana Kring explained in the article found
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| suicidal individual may feel that he is
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| | in Abnormal Psychology: "Some Myths about
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| alone amidst many problems that he is
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| | Suicide," suicidal people do not
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| facing.
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| | necessarily want to die. Instead, they
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| He may need reassurance of the love and
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| | only want to escape the negative life
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| support of his loved ones; and these
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| | events they are facing. Hence, an
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| people must know that they are there to
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| | effective suicide prevention program must
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| help the person feel the warmth,
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| | help the person understand that killing
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| appreciation, assistance, and
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| | himself is not the solution. Instead, the
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| encouragement that he felt he had lost.
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| | person must be taught of a
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| Under this step, the person and his
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| | problem-solving mechanism through which
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| family and/or social circles may organize
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| | he can determine various options in
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| bonding activities, such as eating meals
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| | dealing with the problem and assess the
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| together. Such activities will help
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| | consequences of each action that he
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| reestablish links to empower the personal
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| | takes. It may consist of a flowchart of
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| feeling of that suicidal person.
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| | things to do, with elaborations for each
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| Furthermore, the family or the social
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| | step so that he can take note of the fact
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| circle from which the person experiences
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| | that each decision he makes must really
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| alienation may undergo counseling
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| | be a carefully thought decision.
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| sessions that will determine
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| | 4. Establishing contacts.
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| communication gaps needed to be filled
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| | It will be wise to give the person
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| in.
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| | numbers of suicide service centers such
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| 2. Uncovering underlying causes.
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| | as 24-hour hotlines of psychological
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| It must be understood that suicide may
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| | therapy clinics that he can get in touch
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| only be the so-called tip of the iceberg.
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| | with whenever he feels very down or
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| Thus, it is extremely important to
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| | depressed.
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| determine the underlying causes for the
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| | 5. Rediscovering the joy of living.
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| person's suicidal thoughts. For example,
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| | Suicidal persons may have forgotten the
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| the person may be suffering from
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| | joy of living that they would most
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| treatable mental disorders such as
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| | certainly miss if they choose to die.
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| depression, schizophrenia, substance
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| | Therefore, "rediscovery" trips will be
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| abuse, or borderline personality
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| | effective in making them realize that
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| disorder. If such is the case, you must
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| | committing suicide will deprive them of
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| help the person avail of services from
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| | so many wonders of the world, especially
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| duly authorized therapists or physicians
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| | those activities that the person are very
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| who will be able to give immediate relief
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| | interested in.
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| to counter the suffering of that person.
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