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Current mood:  sad
This is a serious post....
Ocala, Florida's Newspaper
First, My heart goes out to anyone who has had to suffer after a
loved one has committed suicide.Today's recent suicide of Comedian: Michael "Chicken" Roof
(XXX, with Vin Diesel, Black Hawk Done, and Dukes of Hazzard)
has Sparked me to look into the
Highest Suicidal Occupations in the United States.
Highest Suicidal Occupations are:
(National Suicide Prevention Statistics)
- Dentists
- Entertainers/Artists
- Psychiatrists / Social Workers / Psychologists
- Nurses
- Mathematicians/ Scientists
- Lawyers
- Professors
Suicide is a tragic and potentially preventable public health problem.
In 2000, suicide was the 11th leading cause of death in the U.S. Specifically,
10.6 out of every 100,000 persons died by suicide. The total number of
suicides was 29,350, or 1.2 percent of all deaths.
Suicide deaths outnumber homicide deaths by five to three. It has been
estimated that there may be from 8 to 25 attempted suicides per every
suicide death. The alarming numbers of suicide deaths and attempts
emphasize the need for carefully designed prevention efforts.
Suicidal behavior is complex. Some risk factors vary with age, gender, and
ethnic group and may even change over time. The risk factors for suicide
frequently occur in combination. Research has shown that more than 90
percent of people who kill themselves have depression or another diagnosable
mental or substance abuse disorder, often in combination with other mental
disorders. Also, research indicates that alterations in neurotransmitters such
as serotonin are associated with the risk for suicide. Diminished levels of this
brain chemical have been found in patients with depression, impulsive
disorders, a history of violent suicide attempts, and also in postmortem
brains of suicide victims.
Psychological case studies post-mortem show that more than 90 percent of
suicides have depression or another diagnosable mental illness or substance
abuse disorder. At particular risk are those with depression, schizophrenia,
alcohol and/or other chemical dependency, and panic disorders. In light of
the high number of depressed people in the U.S. population,
it is important to note that most depressed people are not suicidal.
However, most suicidal people are depressed. Feelings of hopelessness or that
there is no solution to a problem are found to be more predictive of suicide
risk than a diagnosis of depression per se. According to Bill Blackburn, author
of What You Should Know About Suicide, there is a very high correlation
between alcoholism and suicide, with an estimated 20 percent of all alcoholics
ending their lives by suicide. Many people who are not alcoholic drink heavily
prior to killing themselves.
Here are 12 steps to consider to beat professional stress.
1. Take better care of yourself. Don't try to fix employees, family, and friends.
2. Get involved in things that used to make you happy.
3. Avoid self-medication and abusing substances like drugs, alcohol, caffeine, nicotine, and food. Liquor and drugs reduce the perception of stress, but they don't reduce stress.
4. Be flexible. Accept that you cannot control everything.
5. Plan for stress. Set realistic goals that leave time for breaks, and limit work.
6. Learn to praise yourself and accept praise. Turn off that constant censure that always says, You should or You are never good enough.
7. Keep a sense of humor with you at all times.
8. Start thinking soulfully about what you really want out of life.
9. Take a mental health day. Dust off those golf clubs, tennis racquets, and running shoes.
10. Let people know what you want. Don't sulk or expect them to read your mind.
11. Develop an attitude of gratitude. Stop focusing on what isn't right and start counting the good things in your life.
12. When life becomes difficult and stress overwhelms you, seek professional help.
 "Don't be afraid of change...
I will show you the world without rules and controls,
without boundaries, where everything is possible!" - Neo (Matrix)Keep It Real and....
©KEEP IT SQUISHYLinks: - "The American Psychiatric Publishing Textbook of Suicide Assessment and Management"- National Suicide Prevention Lifeline- National Strategy for Suicide Prevention
12:08 AM
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