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Bullying and Suicide: A Better Understanding
• Imbalance of Power
• Intentionally hurtful
• Repeated behavior
What Is Bullying?The major components of bullying include:
Power is the
How is it different from everyday conflict?
Bullying can take many forms…
It can be indirect:• Social (Exclusion, Rumors, etc.)• Cyber-bullying• Hate speech, stereotyping, or
demeaning comments
It can be direct:• Physical • Verbal
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What is Suicide?
Suicide is an attempt to solve a problem of intense emotional pain with impaired problem-solving skills.1
1. Kalafat, J. & Underwood, M. Making Educators Partners in Suicide Prevention. Lifelines: A School-Based Youth Suicide Prevention Initiative. Society for the Prevention of Teen Suicide. http://spts.pldm.com/
DespairUnlovedLied toHelpless
Why Are Individuals Suicidal?
Coping mechanism
Best solution
Triggering event w/predisposition
Really want help living
Serious Attempt or Death by Suicide
Those Who Desire Suicide
Theory
Source: Joiner, T.E. (2005). Why people die by suicide. Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press.
PerceivedBurdensomeness
Thwarted Belongingness
Those Who Are Capable of
Suicide
Feelings of hopelessness and despair
Completed suicide
Thoughts that life is not worth living
Passive wish to die
Suicidal ideation
Suicidal plans
Suicidal attempts
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Risk Factors Survivors search for
Need
Why?
Knowledge= people + information
You can never make the same mistake twice…
Because the second time is not a mistake…it’s a
What the Research Says• Being bullied is a risk factor• Being a bully is a risk factor• The majority of those bullied never die
BUT….
What does research say
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Correlation
CAUSATION • Highest Risk• Suicide
• Violence• Substance
Abuse• School Issues
• Social Issues• Poor School
Performance
• Trauma• Depression• Anxiety
Victim Witness
Bully-VictimBully
Risk for Suicidal Thinking in all groups!
10-18 Year OldsHow do we help?
How do we help our youth make the choice to live whether “bullied” or “bullies”?
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The key to change is ready to be unlocked in our youth!
The “bullies” and “bullied”
Research
“Connection is why we are here.
We are hardwired to connect with Others”Brene Brown
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Remember, there is no virtue in tolerating toxic behavior.
What matters most is how you see yourself!
The IMPORTANCE of Doing Something
“Everything you do will seem insignificant,but it is very important that you do it.
~Gandhi
“Called me at home”
“Talk to me at school to encourage
me”
“Listen to me”
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COMMUNITY RESOURCES
Seek out your local Crisis Center
Community Resource
www.knowresolve.org
National Resources
http://www.suicidepreventionlifeline.org/
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National Resources
Children’s Safety Network
www.ChildrensSafetyNetwork.org
Youth Suicide and Self-Harm Prevention:2017 Resource Guide
National Resource
American Association of Suicidologyhttp://www.suicidoloy.org/web/guest/home
National Resources
Youth Suicide Prevention School-Based Guide
http://theguide.fmhi.usf.edu/Suicide Prevention Resource Center
http://www.sprc.org/
National Resources
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What Questions Do You Have? Paradigms power perception and perceptions power emotions.
Most emotions are responses to perception – what you think, is true about a given situation. If your perception is false, then
your emotional response to it will be false too. So check your perceptions, and beyond that check the truthfulness of your
paradigms – what you believe. Just because you believe something firmly doesn’t make it true.
Be willing to reexamine what you believe.
The Shack, William P. Young
Thank You!
Nancy Buyle M.A., LPC, NCCSchool Safety/Student Assistance Consultant
Macomb Intermediate School [email protected]