Suicidal behaviour issues – crisis intervention

Zawadzki Łukasz, Zawadzka Agnieszka, Dębska Agnieszka. Suicidal behaviour issues – crisis intervention. Journal of Education, Health and Sport. 2018;8(4):20-29. eISNN 2391-8306. DOI http://dx.doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.1213490 http://ojs.ukw.edu.pl/index.php/johs/article/view/5401 The journal has had 7 points in Ministry of Science and Higher Education parametric evaluation. Part b item 1223 (26/01/2017). 1223 Journal of Education, Health and Sport eissn 2391-8306 7 © The Authors 2018; This article is published with open access at Licensee Open Journal Systems of Kazimierz Wielki University in Bydgoszcz, Poland Open Access. This article is distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution Noncommercial License which permits any noncommercial use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author (s) and source are credited. This is an open access article licensed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution Non commercial license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/) which permits unrestricted, non commercial use, distribution and reproduction in any medium, provided the work is properly cited. This is an open access article licensed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution Non commercial License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/) which permits unrestricted, non commercial use, distribution and reproduction in any medium, provided the work is properly cited. The authors declare that there is no conflict of interests regarding the publication of this paper. Received: 05.03.2018. Revised: 10.03.2018. Accepted: 05.04.2018. SUICIDAL BEHAVIOUR ISSUES – CRISIS INTERVENTION Łukasz Zawadzki ¹, Agnieszka Zawadzka ², Agnieszka Dębska ² ¹ University of Silesia in Katowice, Faculty of Philology ² Jan Kochanowski University in Kielce, Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences Address for correspondence: agnieszka.zawadzka.p@wp.pl Abstract Introduction. Suicide is a serious problem globally. More and more people are dying because of taking their lives. This tragic act is an expression of helplessness and loneliness of a man who did not receive help in a timely manner. Suicide is a process of intertwined thoughts and deeds. This process lasts for several weeks to several months or even years, and the sequence of reactions taking place during that time is called suicidal behavior. This process can be interrupted at any time through crisis intervention saving human life. Aim. The aim of this work is to analyze the suicidal crisis and the phenomenon of suicide, as well as to familiarize the reader with risk factors that may indicate the possibility of committing suicide. Moreover, the aim of the work is to present effective crisis intervention to people threatened with a suicidal act. Summary. Human life is the most important value. Each saved life is a great success for both the suicide, his relatives and the whole society. That is why prevention and education are so important. If the society is sensitive to risk factors that may indicate a threat of committing suicide, it will be able to react at the right time by helping a person who is in a suicidal crisis. Keywords: suicide, suicidal behaviour, pre-suicidal syndrome, psychological interventio