This paper will be centered on an ethical dilemma involving a 7th grade boy named John who was suicidal, and was not given the proper care by his school counselor. To solve this ethical dilemma, the ethical decision making model will be used to apply it by going through six steps. First, to get to the root of the issue in this ethical dilemma, the problem needs to be identified and to see whether this is an ethical, legal, professional, or clinical issue. Since the ethical dilemma has something to do with school counseling, the ASCA ethical standards for school counselors will be used to see which codes the school counselor did not follow. The nature and dimensions of the dilemma will also be determined along with the moral principles and professional…
The pounding has become more constant and the Soldier is frozen. The banging grows closer and he realizes that what is heard is not actually a normal pounding on a wall, it is essentially gun fire. As he gains consciousness the sounds begin to also resemble that of grenades, or possibly even mortars. The haze becomes clearer and he sees his brothers and sisters running everywhere trying to respond and he feels hopeless, stuck. He is drenched in sweat as is finally awake and again, it is a dream or more appropriately, a nightmare that feels all too real.…
On November 29th, 2012 my niece Nayyira died. She was nineteen years old and was on her way back to Coatesville when she fell asleep at the wheel, crashed, got out of the car, and started started walking around the highway. Eventually she was accidentally hit by a truck. This was the first time that someone I knew had died and it hit me very hard.…
The factor that suicide usually results from psychological pain may seem to be very obvious, but acknowledging this was a deviation for psychiatry. Depression and other psychiatric disorders, which are generally related with suicide, are diagnoses which are the coin of psychiatry department. However, psychological pain is an experience that may not be associated ( relate , associated , coherent , applicable )to any diagnosis. The psychologist Edwin Shneidman, founder of the Los Angeles Suicide Prevention Center, refused to agree on the model of suicidal behavior. He invented the term “psychological autopsy,” a method he used to show Marilyn Monroe’s death as a possible suicide case.…
It took two unsuccessful suicide attempts, a very painful period of depression followed by hallucinations and self hatred plus an ongoing episodic war between optimism and pessimism besides an extreme determination to live with a war within myself against the societal expectations and peer pressure to realize that It was not me who was a misfit but the place I was going to.…
Psychosocial Health, Suicide, and My Perspective In our world, there are many things that can affect our state of mind, body, and spirit in many ways. There are disorders that affect your ability to think clearly. Genetic diseases, race, and gender all affect our bodies, and are all mostly uncontrollable factors in our daily lives.…
The Grief of Suicide When I think about the grief of suicide all the feelings that come with that loss come to mind. Shock. Anger. Guilt. Shame.…
My mock suicide assessment was completed with Will Logan who played a character named Gary. Throughout the course of twenty minutes, I listened to Gary’s narrative and sought to ask questions which elicited information about his interactions with suicidal ideation and attempts. Gary came to treatment at the urging of a friend after two recent suicide attempts where he took pills in order to attempt to end his life. Through reflection, I hope to understand the strengths and areas for growth and learning after conducting a risk assessment with Gary.…
Gilbert Meilander has a PhD from Princeton University. He is now a Senior Research Professor at Valparaiso University. The thesis of this article is “It should therefore become part of their calling—at least in this time and place—to bear witness to all of us that suffering and death “are real but not ultimate; [and that] they do not speak the last word about the human condition.” He starts out the article talking about suicide.…
When someone you love dies, it can be painful, but when the person commits suicide it hurts even more. When I was 13 my best friend Skye was bullied to the point of no return and he took his life on October 17,2011 and nobody helped him. When Skye came out of the closet it absolutely was not a surprise that lots of individuals were upset and didn't take the news well. He had changed from that day forth he was no longer bubbly and cheerful.…
This is especially prevalent with increasing spread of cancer. This situation involves two morally right actions from which the nurse has to choose. If the nurse reveals the information, the patient will be subjected to long periods of pain and anguish. On the other side, allowing the patient to commit suicide is against the professional ethics and is legally wrong. This situation is difficult to choose the right thing since each seems reasonable but they are mutually…
Suicide is a continuing problem in the United States. Suicide is one killing himself through various methods. This is mostly due to depression and stress. The suicide rate is increasing again. This is a problem as people are taking their own lives.…
The world is full of problems for society to deal with. One such social problem is the problem of suicide. Suicide is the death of a person where the cause of death is self-inflicted. In other words, a person intentionally ends there own life. Suicide can be considered a social problem because it is preventable and causes premature death to an individual.…
Suicide claims the lives of thousands of people and is seen as both a private trouble and social issue. Individuals’ personal problems can be correlated with social structural problems in relation to aspects of depression, suicidal thoughts, attempts and successes. Reasons for suicide vary greatly from, perhaps difficulties at work to dysfunctional family issues from childhood past experiences. People decide to take their lives everyday for numerous different reasons, however, despite whatever the reason may be, it can be associated with the public world. Examples of personal suffering can create social dilemmas, especially when the suffering is a result of some aspect of their social setting.…
Imagine feeling so desperate, alone and suffocated that your walls are caving in and the only way you see out of this is by taking your own life. There is no other option. No one wants you. No one will care. You are not enough.…