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Negotiating With Suicidal Plans
Negotiating with Suicidal Persons
Human beings have their own set of desires, choices, and aspirations, which they put into effect in various ways that are usually different from one another. While at some times, people exercise ways to fulfill their desires in a much productive manner, other times, this execution can turn out to be self-destructive. Suicide is one of the self-devastating approaches that an increasing number of people in the today's time are applying to satisfy their pain or desire of relieving the ache. In fact, the statistical records have exposed the fact that suicide has become one of the prominent cause of death not only in the United States, but across the world, thus, making this issue a serious one on the public health domain (Chehil & Kutcher, 2012).
Before an individual can complete the act of suicide, he/she makes at least a hundred attempts before it. However, when an individual makes an attempt, it means that he/she needs serious attention by a specialist, and these specialists are typically known...
These professional consultants help those individuals who possess suicidal tendencies on a large scale. According to the experts, a person with a suicidal tendency believes (in general) that taking away their lives is the only solution that can alleviate or mitigate their pain and hurt that they are experiencing (Chehil & Kutcher, 2012).
However, myriads of ways are present with the crisis negotiators that can successfully evaluate the root cause that lies behind their intentions and conviction of a suicidal person. To determine the state of mind of the suicidal person is the preliminary step that is taken by the crisis negotiator at the time the consultant is in physically contact with the suicidal person. If the crisis negotiator is physically assessing the suicidal person visual cues (physical appearance and body movements) and verbal cues (pitch of voice) are relatively the strongest and most effective approaches to reveal the fact of the actual commitment intention of the act of suicide (McMains & Mullins, 2010).
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References
Chehil, S. & Kutcher, S.P. (2012). Suicide Risk Management: A Manual for Health Professionals. 2nd Edition. USA: John Wiley & Sons.
McMains, M.J. & Mullins, W.C. (2010). Crisis Negotiations: Managing Critical Incidents and Hostage Situations in Law Enforcement and Corrections. 4th Edition. USA: Elsevier.
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