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Module 2 – Activity: Reading & Response
Read the article, The cultural distincti
Module 2 – Activity: Reading & Response
Read the article, The cultural distinctions in whether, when, and how people engage in suicidal behavior Links to an external site.
Please answer these questions:
1. Why is it important to understand differing motives or values around suicide that are culturally based?
2. Identify and describe several risk factors that have been linked to specific diverse communities (e.g., Asian American, Latino American, African American, etc.).
3. Explain why it is important to broaden our tools to evaluate suicide risk in diverse populations.
4. Module 2 – Activity: Risk and Protective Factors
5. Identify the risk and protective factors in the following vignette.
6. The client is a 65-year-old white male, married with two adult children, admitted to the hospital for an overdose of approximately 30 tablets of Valium, 5 mgm, combined with alcoholic intoxication. The client was given supportive care and is alert at the present time.
7. A heavy drinker, he has been unemployed from his janitorial job for the past three months because of his drinking. He acknowledged feeling increasingly depressed since being fired, and for the past two weeks has had insomnia, anorexia, and a 10-pound weight loss. He indicates he wanted to die, had been thinking of suicide for the past week, and planned the overdose, but had to “get drunk” because “I didn’t have the guts” [to kill myself]. He views death as a “relief”. His use of alcohol has increased considerably in the past month. He denies having any hobbies or activities, “just drinking”.
8. Module 2 – Activity: Video responses
View the following three videos about specific populations. What stands out for you?
• Study shows suicide rate of black children twice that of white children Links to an external site.
• The Trevor Project: Stories from the frontline Links to an external site.
• Making sense of veteran suicide Links to an external site.
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Module 2 – Activity: 3-2-1 Reflection
• 3 things you have learned
• 2 things you are confused about
• 1 thing you want more information about.
sources: NBC News. (2018, May 22). Study shows suicide rate of black children twice that of white children. YouTube. . (3:01)
The Trevor Project. (2008, Sept. 2). The Trevor Project: Stories from the frontline. YouTube. [Video]. (6:41)
NPR. (2017, Nov. 11). Making sense of veteran suicide. YouTube. . (1:48)
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