SIGNS OF SUICIDAL INTENT

        SUICIDE RISK IS GREATER WHEN THERE IS: 

·        Recent loss or the break-up of a close relationship.

·        Current or anticipated unhappy change in health or circumstances,

e.g. retirement or financial problems.

·        Painful and/or disabling physical illness.

·        Heavy use of, or dependency on alcohol/other drugs.

·        History of earlier suicidal behaviour.

·        History of suicide in the family.

·        Depression.

PEOPLE OFTEN SHOW THEIR SUICIDAL FEELINGS BY: 

·        Being withdrawn and unable to relate.

·        Having  definite ideas of how to commit suicide, and maybe speaking of tidying up affairs, or giving other indications of planning suicide.

·        Talking about feelings isolated and lonely.

·        Expressing feelings of failure, uselessness, hopelessness, or loss of self esteem.

·        Constantly dwelling on problems for which there seems to be no solutions.

·        Expressing the lack of supporting philosophy of life, such as a religious belief.