External Events: Ilhui
- Acedemic competition
- Bullying
- Substance Abuse
- No involvement with community.
- Financial issues.
- Loss of something meaningful.
- Family history.
- Lack of motivation and support from core members.
SUICIDE
Technology & Social Media: Ilhui
- Desensitization to suicide.
- Comparison.
- Isolation.
- Cyberbullying and/or online harassment.
- Overwhelmed by the "Perfection" of society.
Alienation: Ilhui
- Loss of meaning and purpose.
- Identity and self-worth issues.
- No problem-solving skills.
- Emotional distress
- Lack of social support
Sociology Khadijah
Émile Durkheim
- Durkheim identifies four different types of suicide which are egoistic suicide, altruistic suicide, anomic suicide and fatalistic suicide.
- Rather than focusing efforts to minimize suicide on individuals, he claimed that collective public undertakings to make protective structural changes are a more effective channel for safeguarding individual well-being.
- Suicides happened when members of a group or social category are subjected to tremendous emotional and physical coercion, leaving little hope for a future free of pain.
- Durkheim was not interested in the subjective assessments made by suicide relatives for why they chose suicide, but rather considered suicide, like alcoholism or violence, as a symptom of societal breakdown.
Society
- Suicide rates have long been thought to be related to cultural, social, political, and economic variables.
- Suicide outcome is enhanced by the loss of necessary social supports.
- There are large differences in suicide rates across race, sex, age, and ethnicity.
Suicide Rates In Canada: Ilhui
Males had a higher mortality rate than females.
Males around the age 50 - 64 years old had the highest mortality rates.
Females had a higher hospitalization rate of 83 per 100, 000 . While for males it was 49 per 100, 000.
More than half the death were by suffocation.
IN 2019: Rate was 12.1 per 100, 000. Which equals to 4, 528 people died by suicide.
Conformity Khadijah
- Bullying as part of a clique may reuslt in victims
- Gender conformity leading to suicidal ideation.
- Religious adhearences impacts on suicide rates
- Absence of stable relationships between people.
- Theoretical collective suicide driven by social issues.
Anthropology Khadijah
- Anthropology has historically aimed at generalizing cultural forms uncovered through long-term ethnographic engagements
- The development of medicalization "pathologized"suicide on an individual basis.
- Statistical representations and their consequences on populations and suicide, has become the subject of ethnographic investigation in anthropology.
- Ethnographic fieldwork and a careful investigation of case studies and suicide narratives gathered and analyzed within cultural, political, and economic contexts highlighted the variations in suicidal practices even more clearly.
Risk factors of suicide
Relationship loss
Historical trauma
Sense of hopeless
History of depression and other mental illness
Previous attempt
Warning signs of suicidal behaviour
Extreme mood swings
Being happy to feeling low, energetic, confident, upset, etc
Wanting/seeking revenge
Talking about feeling trapped
Several attempts
Talking about wanting to die
Suicide prevention strategies
Teach coping and problem solving skills
Teach parenting skills to improve family relationships
Promote healthy relationships
Improve access and delivery of suicidal care
Make extra time and visits to the doctors
Create a protective environment
making sure the individual hasn’t isolated themselves from everyone
Make sure you focus on them from time to time
Let the individual know that they’re safe
Plan for safety and follow ups after an attempt
Psychology: Amanpreet
Collaboration: Working with healthcare professionals.
Research and Policy Development: Understanding and prevention.
Postvention and Grief Support: Assisting those affected.
Prevention Programs: Designing, implementing, and evaluating.
Psychosocial Factors: Family, social, economic, and cultural influences.
Understanding Suicidal Ideation: Examining thought processes.
Therapeutic Intervention: CBT, DBT, and other therapies.
Crisis Intervention: Helping actively suicidal individuals.
Mental Health Conditions: Link between mental disorders and suicide.
Risk Assessment: Identifying suicide risk factors.
Population Changes: Amanpreet
Age Structure: Changes affect suicide rates.
Modernizing Elites: Amanpreet
Reduced Stigma: Decreased stigma leads to more seeking help.
Mental Health Awareness: Better identification and treatment of mental health issues.
Social Support: Strong networks and mental health services are crucial.
Economic Factors: Improved economic conditions reduce suicide risk.
Geography Khadijah
Urban Areas
- Increased stigmatization towards mental health problems
- Social isolation leads to increased mental health issues.
Rural Areas
- Statistically, depression and anxiety is more prevelent here.
- Greater access to harmful mediums.
- Housing is more sparsed so access to health care is limited.
- Suicide rates are higher in rural areas.
