- published: 30 Apr 2014
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A suicide crisis, suicidal crisis, attempted suicide or potential suicide, is a situation in which a person is attempting to kill themselves or is seriously contemplating or planning to do so. It is considered by public safety authorities, medical practice, and emergency services to be a medical emergency, requiring immediate suicide intervention and emergency medical treatment.
Most cases of potential suicide have warning signs. Attempting to kill oneself or harming oneself, talking about or planning suicide, writing a suicide note, talking or thinking frequently about death, exhibiting a death wish by expressing it verbally or by taking potentially deadly risks, or taking steps towards attempting suicide (e.g., obtaining rope and tying it to a ligature point to attempt a hanging or stockpiling pills for an attempted overdose) are all indicators of a suicide crisis. More subtle clues include preparing for death for no apparent reason (such as putting affairs in order, changing a will, etc.), writing goodbye letters, and visiting or calling family members or friends to say farewell. The person may also start giving away previously valued items (because they "no longer need them"). In other cases, the person who seemed depressed and suicidal may become normal or filled with energy or calmness again; these people particularly need to be watched because the return to normalcy could be because they have come to terms with whatever act is next (e.g., a plan to attempt suicide and "escape" from their problems).
Actors: Patrick Danforth (actor), Patrick Danforth (director), Patrick Danforth (editor), Ajax Blak (writer), Ajax Blak (composer),
Genres: Short,[Chorus:] they're very bored and they're suicidal. they're very bored and they're suicidal. they're very bored and they're suicidal. livin in the swamps of jersey. toxic dumps and poison skies. they think they got nothin' to live for so they fo and take their lives. [Chorus] in a teenage depression ya never see things very clear. don't get burned by the bullshit. ya gotta get your life in gear. [Chorus] it doesn't matter what you got. it doesn't matter who you are. ya gotta break the chains on you. an' slit the wrists of the hand of doom. no more suicides, no more suicides, no more suicides, no more suicides