What should you include in a suicide risk assessment

Reference no: EM133343382

Case Study: Joe, a recently divorced, 56-year-old Caucasian man presents to you, his primary-care provider, with complaints of insomnia and fatigue. He denies any recent injury or specific pain and was last seen in your office 11 months ago. Joe has taken an antihypertensive medication to control his blood pressure for 3 years and does not report any adverse side effects. Joe has worked in law enforcement for 14 years. He recently discharged his firearm for the first time. Even though no one was injured, Joe has been attending mandated appointments with the department psychologist. Joe reports that he does not have a regular exercise regimen. To relax he typically goes fishing or has a few beers after his shift. Other than the mandated appointments with the department psychologist, Joe has not sought any mental health treatment.

Questions:

What factors in the scenario demonstrate an increased risk for suicide?
What should you include in a suicide risk assessment?
During the appointment, Joe states that it's hard for him to talk about how he is feeling and begins to cry. Taking the opportunity to ask Joe about his intentions, what specific questions could you ask?
You understand that the best predictor of suicide risk is a history of a previous suicide attempt. When asked, Joe admits to placing one of his firearms in his mouth a few times, indicating that the likelihood of Joe attempting suicide is very high. How should you proceed?
Could Joe benefit from a no-suicide contract?

Reference no: EM133343382

Questions Cloud

Describe strategies to address disclosure and nondisclosure : Explain the ethical and legal implications of the scenario you selected on all stakeholders involved, such as the prescriber, pharmacist, patient, and patient

What nutrition-related side effects is tracie to experience : What nutrition-related side effects is Tracie likely to experience with chemotherapy treatment (page 474)? Define stomatitis, xerostomia, and dysphagia.

Find five items in your work-life subject to statutes : Find five items in your work-life subject to statutes, regulations, or laws. Conduct a search to find a reason(s) that this regulatory instrument of law exists.

Find an LU-factorization : Find an LU-factorization and Find a subset B of S such that B is a basis for W - Prove by induction that for all k = 2, the product of k lower triangular

What should you include in a suicide risk assessment : What factors in the scenario demonstrate an increased risk for suicide? What should you include in a suicide risk assessment? During the appointment

Develop a community teaching plan : Develop a Community Teaching Plan: Community Teaching Work Plan Proposal for Environmental Issues. What is Epidemiologic rationale (Statistic), Teaching Plan

Discharging person from health care facility : What information should you check before going to Ms. Beauchemin's room? Where would you find this information?

Describe what the court system is : Describe the following terms. Use refences of the answers. Describe what the court system is? Describe what trespass means.

What are the normal readings you would be looking for : Vital signs are very important in the dental setting. When would you take vital signs, which ones would you take, and what are the normal readings

User Account

All Pages