In: Psychology
What role does suicide play in veterans and what factors will impede the implementation of the safety plan intervention?
1- The comparatively higher rate of suicides in the Military personnel/ veterans/ people who have served for a longer time is a fact and it has not ceased to exist.
The veteran males are more than twice more susceptible to suicides and the veteran females are that of thrice more susceptible to suicides as compared to the common citizens.
United State Department of Veteran Affairs has concluded through their research that around twenty veterans die each day due to suicides.
Some psychiatric disorders like post traumatic stress disorder are the root reasons behind these suicidal instincts.
A steep increase or decrease in the amount of sleep, day by day accelerating aggression, more frequent intake of alcohol and drugs, depression and the person with not at all a single reason to live this very life are some of the signals/ changes in the life of the veterans that reduce the quality and zeal of the life.
2- Factors impeding the safety plan intervention of veteran suicides-
a- Lack of strong political will.
b- A very low acceptance of veterans by people around them because of the drawbacks/ changes in the veteran behaviour.
c- The lack of confidence and inability among veterans to face the problems/ stress/ depression etc.
d- The lethal means are easily available to the veterans which is a great hurdle.
e- Another big obstacle is the remembrance of the previous suicide attempt.
f- A very less or even null involvement in visiting a mental health care provider.