"Understanding Suicide Risk: Identification Of High-Risk Groups During High-Risk Times."

Overholser, James C., Abby Braden, and Lesa Dieter. "Understanding Suicide      Risk:  Identification Of High-Risk Groups During High-Risk Times." Journal Of Clinical Psychology 68.3 (2012): 349-361. Academic Search Premier. Web. 17 Apr. 2012.

 My source, Understanding Suicide Risk: Identification of High-Risks Groups During High-Risks Times, is about trying to understand suicide risk factors and more specifically identifying high-risk groups of people that may commit suicide. It looks into situations, factors and variables that trigger suicide. The source also suggests that in order to prevent suicide we may have to focus more on those whom actually die when attempting suicide rather than “repeat attempters”. My source is very relatable to About a Mountain by John D’Agata. In About a Mountain the author explores what the government and public think and feel about suicide in the United States. Both sources go into which people are more likely to commit and at what times. They differ in regards to who is responsible for our societies lack of interest, care when it comes to suicide, but they both agreed that it is a relevant, serious issue that needs to be looked into. I plan to use my source to show how we can prevent suicide by knowing who is at risk. I believe that the author of my source would another my question of how to prevent suicide by looking at past suicide committer and focusing on reaching out to target groups in there time of need. The author wrote, “The prediction of suicide remains a complex and difficult task.” I could not agree more and think he would agree with me in saying that it is not easy to prevent suicide, but we must try.