Discussion:
Suicidal Assessment
Using SLAP assessment what is the current level of risk?
1. From the solution focused perspective: what 3 questions should be asked and why?
2 . What questions might you use from the Suicide Resilience Inventory by Rutter, et, al.?
3. What does the research say about suicide contracts and safety plans?
Case:
Lupita is a 16 year old female who feels no one cares about her. She used to be a good student and getting A's but her parents never notice her. Her father is at work all the time and the weekends he spends sleeping. She feels her mother does not understand her and always criticizes how she dresses. Lupita is also going through many changes and feels unattractive added to the fact that boys at school make fun of her. She has threatened her parents to end her life and her mother thought that she needed help.