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Relationship with Mood Disorders 1
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Relationship with Mood Disorders 9
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Suicide: Prevention, Intervention, and the Relationship with
Mood Disorders
Abstract
The text reviews suicide. It reviews the prevention
strategies that are used in order to ensure there is little
occurrence of suicide attempts. This is done by the review of
various articles and research on the best prescribed methods of
preventing suicide.
The text also describes the methods of interventions that

can be used by both practitioners and the family members when
the individual try to commit suicide and the necessary steps that
should be taken. The text also covers the relationship between
mood disorders and suicide. It covers the mood disorders that
have been identified to cause higher risks of suicide with the
support of evidence from various research and articles.
The discussion and conclusion is a summary of the data
discussed in the earlier parts that is suicide prevention,
intervention and relationship with mood disorders sections. It
puts the whole paper into one perspective. (Fyi, I know this is
incorrect. It is just an idea of what I was going to place into the
abstract?)
SUICIDE Comment by Julie Davis: Center the title
Suicide is the act of intentionally taking one’s own life.
Suicide is often carried out ones once an individual feels
despair, which is mostly caused by a mental disorder. Some of
the common mental disorders include depression, bipolar,
schizophrenia, borderline personality disorder and drug abuse.
Stress factors such as financial difficulties and bullying can
also cause one to commit suicide. Suicide is a tragic event that
causes untold pain to both the survivors and the relatives to the
victims. Comment by Julie Davis: Overall, the introduction
sets up what will be covered in the paper. Instead of having
multiple paragraphs discussing what you will cover in the
paper, this information should be consolidated into one
paragraph. Comment by Julie Davis: How do you know
this?
According to statistics, more than 41,000 people in the
United States commit suicide every year. The cases of suicide

are not biased on one age group. In the recent times Recently,
there has been an increase in the number of middle aged people
who are committing suicide. According to the statistics, men
have four times the number in comparison to women who
commit suicide. The highest rate of suicide was recorded to be
among American Indian and Alaskan natives. Comment by Julie
Davis: What statistics? Where did you get this information?
Comment by Julie Davis: How do you know this?
Comment by Julie Davis: Again, what statistics? Where
did you get this information? Comment by Julie Davis:
Awkward sentence structure. Suggestion: men are four times
more likely to commit suicide than women; or perhaps when
compared, four times more men committed suicide then did
women. Comment by Julie Davis: When? Why? What makes
these two groups more prone to suicide?
The paper will cover various parts of the topic of suicide.
This includes suicide prevention, intervention methods and how
the mood disorders and suicide are related. Effective suicide
prevention methods can help reduce the number of deaths as a
result of suicide. According to statistics, out of every one
suicide committed 25 of them are attempts that failed. This
therefore means that the risk of higher number of people
committing suicide can go higher.
Identifying a good method to prevent the attempts attempted
suicides would help immensely in reducing the suicide deaths.
The various methods of suicide prevention will be discussed in
this paper and their effectiveness also addressed. The major
goal of the prevention strategy is to ensure that the person does
not try and attempt suicide
If the individual tries to commit suicide, an intervention
strategy must be in place to ensure that the individual does not
succeed in taking their life. The major goal of crisis
intervention is to keep the individual alive and help the
individual reduce the distress.
The paper also tries to identify the relationship between

suicide and mood disorders. The aim of this is to be able to
identify if mental disorders are risk factors of suicide. In case
the two are related that would mean that there would be need to
manage the mental disorders in order to decrease the number of
suicides committed.
LITERATURE REVIEW
Prevention
There are various ways in which prevention can be
exercised. One is through the education of physicians. Lethal
substances that are used to attempt suicide can also be kept
hidden or away from easy access to ensure that the people who
want to commit suicide do not find the means to do so.
Comment by Julie Davis: Why? How? explain Comment by
Julie Davis: Such as? Comment by Julie Davis: Where?
The media can also be educated on how to report cases of
suicide to ensure that the people watching the news do not get
the wrong impression on suicide. Awareness campaigns can also
be carried out to educate the public of ways about how to
identify people who are suicidal and in the process can advise
and prevent them from doing it. Comment by Julie Davis:
How? explain Comment by Julie Davis: Such as? How would
these work?
There are very many community-based programs that have also
established suicide prevention programs. These programs are
also there in schools and some programs are meant for elderly
people. There are multi-level programs that have also been
initiated and help reduce suicide. Comment by Julie Davis:
Actually, I would combine the three little paragraphs above and
let them serve as the “introduction” to this section. It would be
helpful to also include a purpose statement for the section so
that it is clear how suicide prevention will be correlated to
mood disorders.
A review that was conducted by Donker et al. (2013), on the
prevention method that can be used in patients with
schizophrenia, the research was impaired by sample
heterogeneity. The motivation for committing suicide among the

patients was different depending on the phase (i.e., acute
psychotic phase or recovery state) in which the patient was in.
the patient can either be in acute psychotic phase or recovery
state. The suicidal process was also different for patients who
are in the early on-set in comparison to the chronic patients.
This made prevention tough as one method or strategy cannot
suit all. Comment by Julie Davis: Another example of a very
awkward sentence structure. To help revise this sentence, think
about the main point(s) and just write them down; then, put the
information together in a sentence. For example, a possible
revision could be something such as: Donker and colleagues
(2013) reviewed suicide prevention methods used with patients
who have schizophrenia; the research, however, was impaired
because of sample heterogeneity. Comment by Julie Davis:
While this is appropriate, it is typically more acceptable to use
the “et al.” in the in-text citation and not in the narrative of the
paper. Thus, a suggestion would be: Donker and colleagues
(2013)
Psychosocial intervention and psychological intervention are
also ways that can be used in prevention of suicide.
Psychosocial intervention is a strategy that encompasses the
promotion of mental health by improving the social, physical
and economic environment that determine mental health. The
main aim of psychosocial intervention is to reduce the
occurrence, prevalence and re-occurrence of mental disorders.
Comment by Julie Davis: Be sure to address each of these.
Also, provide more specifics. HOW and WHY are these
approaches appropriate? HOW do they attend to the mood
disorder that may be prompting the suicide ideation?
In the prevention of suicide in patients with mood disorders, it
is prudent to always have ready a crisis management plan ready.
The plan should include details on what precipitating factors,
signs and symptoms of a relapse and the actions that should be
taken in terms of who to contact and pharmacological
interventions. The plan should be available to the patients and
any other health practitioners who that treats the patients as

well as relatives. Comment by Julie Davis: Why???
Comment by Julie Davis: Awkward structure Comment by
Julie Davis: Ok, but remember you are to link suicide
prevention with mood disorders. This needs to be developed
more.
Intervention
Psychological support is essential for a patient with mood
disorders. Cognitive behavior is one of the methods that is used
in intervening. Support can be enhanced by ensuring that the
patient increases contact with the clinicians, psychological
therapy to reduce their thinking on hopelessness and providing
an emergency number in case the relative or patient have to
seek the clinicians help. Research has shown that cognitive
behavior therapy can yield results in reducing subsequent
attempts (Saunders, K., & Hawton, K. (2013). Comment by Julie
Davis: How? Why? What makes CBT so effective? What does it
do that helps? Does CBT work with all mood disorders? Which
mood disorders are more responsive? More development
Careful clinical management of the mood disorders is
essential in ensuring no re-occurrence of any suicide attempts.
Mood stabilization is a vital process in ensuring the patient does
not commit suicide. The patients can also be given drugs such
as anti-depressant to stabilize their moods. Comment by Julie
Davis: What exactly do you mean by this? Comment by Julie
Davis: Ok, but what else? If you are discussing “stabilization”
in this paragraph, what else can aid in that? And, HOW can
stabilization be maintained? HOW is the mood disorder
stabilized? WHAT is the connection between stabilized mood
disorder and suicide?
There might be need for the patients to be hospitalized in order
to ensure that the lethal substance they took is neutralized and
to observe the patient during the healing process. In the process,
the patient can go through a psychiatrist and have their moods
disorders managed. The psychiatrist can help in addressing the
issues that the patients have such as alcohol and drug misuse
(Saunders, K., & Hawton, K. 2013).Comment by Julie Davis:

Another example of number agreement error: “patient” is
singular but “their” is plural Comment by Julie Davis: Note
the formatting correction above.
Relationship with Mood Disorders
Mood disorders are medical conditions that are caused by
changes in chemistry in the body and brain. They include
bipolar, depression, schizophrenia and others. They cause
symptoms such as intense sadness, hopelessness, inability to
concentrate, loss of interest, and, the most germaneimportant to
ourto the current paper,is the thoughts of suicidal ideation. that
the patients have difficulty in ignoring.
The act of committing suicide is usually a desperate
attempt by the patient to control their mood disorder. For
example, a patient can have intense depression, the patient feels
that he/she has little or no control overof their painful and
disturbing thoughts and feelings. Comment by Julie Davis:
More development needed. HOW is personal life control
connected with suicide? Comment by Julie Davis: Another
number agreement error Comment by Julie Davis: Another
number agreement error
A research carried out by (Weiss and colleagues et al.,(2016),
showed that most of the people who were in treatment for mood
disorder were at a risk of suicide. Men had a higher risk of
committingsuicide than women. Those patients who had
depression were at a high risk of committing suicide than the
other patients who did not have depression. The degree of
depression determined whether the individual would commit
suicide or not and whether the patient would be successful in
doing it. Comment by Julie Davis: Why? Comment by Julie
Davis: Why? What is the difference? What separates the mood
disorders?
Women who lacked love and support were at a higher chance of
committing suicide. Humiliation and fear was also a contributor
of suicidal thoughts and attempts. Anxiety had more effect in
men than in women in leading them to suicidal thoughts. The
research by (Weiss et al.,and colleagues (2016) showed that

there was no difference between the in suicidal risk betweenfor
individuals with depression and with bipolar disorders.
Comment by Julie Davis: Incomplete comparison – higher
chance than what other group? Also, WHY? Comment by Julie
Davis: Subject-verb agreement error
WHY? Comment by Julie Davis: Why? Comment by Julie
Davis: Why? What traits do these mood disorders have in
common that could lead to suicide?
In aResearchers, that was conductedin a prison institute
onstudying prisoners who had mood disorders,The research
showeddiscovered that the risk of suicide was higher in
prisoners who had bipolar disorder (Fazel, S., Wolf, A., &
Geddes, J. R. (2013).In general, the researchers showed that
inmates with mood disorders had higher there were high risks of
suicide in patients with mood disorders. The risk was however
highest in prisoners who had bipolar disorder. The risk of
suicide was also found to be higher in bipolar patients than the
general population. Comment by Julie Davis: This paragraph is
redundant. That is, it only says that bipolar individuals had the
highest suicide risk, but individuals with any mood disorder
were also at risk. What is missing is explanation and analysis.
WHY is bipolar the greatest risk for inmates? HOW does the
mood disorder work in the brain to cause this risk? Etc.
Comment by Julie Davis: See previous note correcting in-
text citation formt
Discussion
The early identification of mood disorders is vital in the
reduction of suicides. According to the research above the
highest number of people who commit or attempt to commit
suicide are those with mood disorders. The identification of
mood disorder is vital in the prevention of suicides.
Comment by Julie Davis: Provide more explanation as to
WHY Comment by Julie Davis: What research? No in-text
citations included Comment by Julie Davis: This is the same
sentence as the first one.

Care must be taken in the management of patients with
mood disorder in order to prevent the occurrence of any suicide
attempts. Physician should take the prevalence of mood disorder
in a patient as a major symptom and sign that they could have
suicidal idealities. This would ensure that the physicians treat
the patients with extra care and be more observant in order for
them to identify when the patients are having suicidal idealities
or have severe mood disorders that can lead to their committing
suicide.
The use of a good intervention determines whether the
individual preserve their life. The intervention method comes
into play once the individual has tried to commit suicide. Care
must be taken to ensure the individual does not die through the
use of pharmacology to neutralize the toxicity of the lethal
substance that they take as well as the use of psychiatrist. This
will help in making the individual get past easily the issues that
led to the attempt of suicide. Comment by Julie Davis:
Number agreement error Comment by Julie Davis: Word choice
Conclusion
If physicians were able to identify mood disorders in the
early stages, it would make it easy for suicide attempts to be
reduced. This is because preventive measures can be taken early
as well as the early management of the disorders in order to
ensure that the patients do not reach a point where they attempt
or commit suicide.
References Comment by Julie Davis: center
Donker, T., Calear, A., Busby Grant, J., van Spiker, B., Fenton,
K., Hehir, K. K.. . Christensen, H. (2013). Suicide prevention in
schizophrenia spectrum disorders and psychosis: A systematic
review. BMC Psychology, 1(1), 6. Doi: 10.1186/2050-7283-1-6
Comment by Julie Davis: note the formatting change and
make throughout
Fazel, S., Wolf, A., & Geddes, J. R. (2013). Suicide in prisoners

with bipolar disorder and other psychiatric disorders: A
systematic review. Bipolar Disorders, 15(5), 491-495.
doi:10.1111/bdi.12053
Hauser, M., Galling, B., & Correll, C. U. (2013). Suicidal
ideation and suicide attempts in children and adolescents with
bipolar disorder: A systematic review of prevalence and
incidence rates, correlates, and targeted interventions. Bipolar
Disorders, 15(5), 507-523. doi:10.1111/bdi.12094
Hegerl, U., Rummel-Kluge, C., Värnik, A., Arensman, E., &
Koburger, N. (2013). Alliances against depression - A
community based approach to target depression and to prevent
suicidal behavior. Neuroscience and Bio Behavioral Reviews,
37(10 Pt 1), 2404-2409. doi:10.1016/j.neubiorev.2013.02.009
Saunders, K. E., & Hawton, K. (2013). Clinical assessment and
crisis intervention for the suicidal bipolar disorder patient.
Bipolar Disorders, 15(5), 575-583. doi:10.1111/bdi.12065
Weiss SJ, Muzik M, Deligiannidis K M, Ammerman RT, Guille
C, et al. (2016). Gender differences in suicidal risk factors
among individuals with mood disorders. J Depress Anxiety 5:
218. doi:10.4200/2167-1044.1000218 Comment by Julie
Davis: incorrect…if there are more than seven authors. You list
6, then use ellipses, and finish with the very last author. Do not
put “et al.” in the reference list. Comment by Julie Davis: is
this the entire name? Be sure to spell out the entire name and
not the accepted abbreviation
Position Paper
In this assignment, you will submit a 6- to 7-page position
paper on the topic that you chose in W3 Assignment 2.
The paper should adhere to the below-mentioned guidelines.
Your paper should have the following sections:
· A title page
· An abstract (not more than 250 words)
· An introduction (not labeled)
· A literature review (discussion of your topic—the body of
your paper)

· Discussion and conclusion section
· References
Introduction: The introduction should be of 1- to 2-pages in
length. The introduction should include a brief overview of
what will be covered in the paper and its purpose.
Literature Review: The literature review, which refers to the
review of six peer-reviewed academic journal articles, is a
synthesis of the research you conducted in W3 Assignment 2
and other literature you have found on your topic. The literature
review is not a copy of that material. Rather, it is a review and
synthesis of the material that you have found into a cohesive
discussion of the topic. In other words, it is a discussion of your
topic backed by information you learned from reviewing the
literature on your topic. This will be the bulk of your paper.
Discussion and Conclusion: The difference between a great
research paper and a marginal one is the depth and originality of
the discussion and conclusion section. The discussion and
conclusion section is the area where you can bring together the
learning that you have attained from your literature review as
well as throughout the course. It is the area for the concluding
remarks regarding your topic. The discussion and conclusion
section should be of 1- to 2-pages in length.
Reference Page: Remember to apply APA standards to your
entire paper, including citation of sources, use of in-text
citations, and full references.

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