The following are thoughts and ways to conceptualize suicide investigation, evaluation and intervention. These are thoughts for your consideration based from my clinical experience as a crisis MH evaluator and consultant. One of the aha moments was the idea to conceptualize suicide as violence toward the self.
Category Archives: Mental Health
Involuntary Treatment Act, Part 3: Odds and Ends
ITA Part 3 is a brief discussion of the other bits of this odd job. The difficulty is much of these other pieces are invisible to those unaware of the detainment and commitment process. In the video below are examples to give everyday relevance.
Involuntary Treatment Act: Part 2
The involuntary MH evaluation and detention process is fluid and there are a lot of pieces that float around for the puzzle to come together.
Involuntary Treatment Act: Part 1
The process of civil MH evaluation, detainment, commitment and treatment is one of those areas in life that most folks are afraid of, don’t want to know about and very few folks talk about. That is, until someone is in need, concerned about a family member or have issues about the homeless in their community.
Fear
If a person understands fear, it’s function, why it exists, how it works, when it happens, where and to whom; then a fear is a masterful teacher, a protector and is no longer an adversary.
The Gap of Change
But at some point, they had to surrender and let go. What they found was that the letting go gave them the space to discover something new.
Diagnosis, Clinical Formulation and Treatment
This was a brief look into diagnosis, treatment and access to services. The intent was to offer a bit of insight, some reference sources and some sign post to help you navigate on your journey.
What is Mental Health?
A way to think about mental health is “wellness.” Simply it is having a routine of “wellness.” Wellness is both the foundation and the dynamic practice or routine of living well.
The Gift of Empathic Witness (MH2)
Listening to the client is one of the most obvious things to do. And yet one of the most over-looked and under-appreciated. Basically, the client is telling you what they need help with.
Connections
We are threshold where the power of the ego has matured to its sovereignty. But also recognizes that the itself, the ego does not operate without interdependent connection. Individuals realize that they have the ability and responsibility to choose but they also must consider that they only exist meaningfully; in relationship or connection, i.e., existentialism. It is the connection with their environment, whether is physically, energetically, socially, emotionally, intellectually, spiritually, etc. It is the embedded interdependent connection that provides meaning and purpose to the experience of existence.