Question

You have been called out to a scene in which a 35-year-old woman is experiencing a crisis. Her husband just committed suicide and she is distraught about her circumstances. What information would you want to know before intervening? After finding out the necessary information, how would you handle this case?

Answer 1

You would want to know if she too is suicidal. Is she in any other life altering circumstances. Does she have any family to help her grieve. Is she prone to be violent. If yes there is a possible chance she is suicidal to and you would not want to aggravate things further so you would take a different approach. Each answer she has to those questions will have a different outcome to her situation. Therefore knowing those answers you would know the right way to approach her and be able to help her.