Suicide as deviance act in the society. This can be utilize especially those who take social work course as part of their subject. It discuss the stigma in the society what are the laws and programs relative to suicide.

2. What is Suicide?
Destruction of oneself
Taking One’s own life

3. Suicidal warning signs:
Feeling trapped – like there is no way out of a
situation.
Talking or writing about death or suicide.
Appearing depressed or sad most of the time.
Losing interest in most activities.

4. Common Characteristics of Suicide:
 Stimulus - Unendurable Psychological pain
 Stressor - frustrated psychological needs
 Purpose - Seek solution
 Action - Egression or escape
 Emotions - Hopelessness and helplessness
 Internal attitude - Ambivalence
 Interpersonal act - Communication of intention

5. Four Types of Suicidal Behaviour
 Suicide – The person intend to dies and does so
 Attempted Suicide- The person intend to die, but does not
 Suicidal gesture- The person has no real intention of dying
and does not
 Accident- the person does not intend to die but does

6. Causes of Suicide attempts:
A. Depression
B. Bipolar disorder
C. Schizophrenia and other
psychoses

7. Depression
it is a low mood that lasts for a long time,
affecting everyday life.
Symptoms: Persistent sadness, loss of interest in
activities, loss of appetite, feelings of
worthlessness, becoming easily agitated

8. Bipolar Disorder
manic depressive illness. , is a mood
disorder with two extremes: depressed
(“low”) and manic (“high”)
Symptoms: When depressed, a person
feels persistently sad, hopeless and
lethargic, and may feel suicidal

9. Schizophrenia and other
psychoses
 Characterised by distortions in thinking, perception,
emotions, language, sense of self and behaviour.
Symptoms: a person may think other people are talking
about him or her, or hear voices. The person may also
feel sad and irritable, or that he or she is constantly
being watched

10. Main brunt of Stigmatization on
how it operates
Survivor for suicide loss
These people might be family members, lovers, friends, or
anyone else who is impacted by the death of a loved one
Suicide attempt Survivor
They are often face extreme stigmatization and are not
taken seriously because they are viewed as simply “crying
wolf”.

11. Copycat Suicide
Another suicide that the person attempting
suicide knows about either from local knowledge
or due to accounts or depictions of the original
suicide on social media.

12. Copycat Suicide
Factors in suicide
Publishing the means of suicides, romanticized and
sensationalized reporting, particularly about celebrities.
Social Proof
A psychological phenomenon where people assume the
actions of others in an attempt to reflect correct behavior
for a given situation. (Cialdini)

13. Laws and Programs
R.A no. 11036 Mental Health Act
Section 21 Suicide Prevention
 Mental health services shall also include mechanisms for suicide
intervention, prevention, and response strategies, with
particular attention to the concerns of the youth.
 To provide assistance to individuals with mental health
conditions, especially individuals at risk of committing suicide.

14.  Jean Goulbourn
Main goal to prevent
suicide
(02) 804 –HOPE
(4673)

15. References:
 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l9KglvPFtkY
 http://www.suicide.org/suicide-warning-signs.html
 https://ttu-ir.tdl.org/bitstream/handle/2346/15576/31295018639277.pdf;sequence=1
 https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/675770/#:~:text=Labeling%20by%20them%20is%20measured,gre
ater%20the%20likelihood%20of%20recurrence.
 https://medlineplus.gov/suicide.html
 https://www.suicideinfo.ca/resource/suicideandstigma/
 https://lawphil.net/statutes/repacts/ra2018/ra_11036_2018.html
 https://www.onlinepsychologydegree.info/lists/5-examples-of-bipolar-manic-episodes/
 https://www.health.govt.nz/system/files/documents/publications/explainingpatternsofsuicide.p
df
 https://www.sccenter.org/facts-and-resources/common-characteristics-of-
suicide/?fbclid=IwAR1dCJsulF2-I1Yzr9BhE3WTHQhthi_loUgCzIuZZEW30cIESFdeGpvV8nE
 https://www.mentalhelp.net/suicide/defining-suicide/

16. Prepared by:
Group 4
Maybel Ibon
Ser August Perpetua
John Erick Puyo