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Tag Archives: Suicide risk
Running up that hill
Trigger warning: this post contains descriptions of suicidal thoughts, including methods. Please don’t read on if you are feeling at all vulnerable. I want to run. I am desperate to run. When I wrote my last post my idea was … Continue reading
Posted in Bipolar, Crisis care, GP, Mental health, Mental health services, Mood disorder, Suicidal thought, Suicide, Treatment planning, Uncategorized
Tagged abscond, Crisis, Crisis care, Crisis Team, escape, Sucidality, Suicidal ideation, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Suicide risk
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Revolving door
TW: references to suicide methods I remember the first time I was in hospital I was sitting on the floor chatting with my friend Phil, when he spotted somebody he recalled from a previous admission. “There’s Paul!” he said, looking … Continue reading
Posted in Bipolar, Crisis care, Inpatient care, Mental health, Mental health services, Mixed mood, Mood disorder, NHS services, Psychiatry, Suicidal thought, Suicide, Treatment planning, Uncategorized
Tagged Community Psychiatric Nurse, CPN, Crisis, Crisis care, Crisis Resolution Team, Crisis Team, Hospital bed, Hospital care, Inpatient, Inpatient care, Inpatient treatment, Mixed affective state, Mixed episode, Mixed mood, Suicidal, Suicidal feelings, Suicidal ideation, Suicidal thoughts, Suicidality, Suicide, Suicide planning, Suicide risk
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Choose your own misadventure
**TW: suicide, including methods** I’m aware that misadventure isn’t the correct terms here; it means something that happens to befall you. The things that might befall me aren’t happenstance, or bad luck, but what else can I say? Am I … Continue reading
Ten things not to say to a suicidal person
In July 2011 I wrote a post entitled, “Ten things not to say to a depressed person.” It was the first piece on this blog to attract a large audience and I own much of my blogging success to that … Continue reading