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Suicide Intervention Plan (SIP) Assignment

Liberty University


Suicide Prevention Plan

Presenting Problem

Joanne is a forty-five-old divorcee who has a long history of depression. Three previous

suicide attempts have been recorded, two involving overdosing, and one attempt when slitting

her wrist. She is under continued care from a psychiatrist, and is on pharmaceutical mood

regulating medications, which she is currently not complying with. She has come to the office

outside of any notice or scheduled appointment to share how much we mean to her, and her level

of appreciation. She says this with a sense of finality, as if she is saying goodbye. Upon

questioning she does admit to having a gun in her car. She does not wish to talk about her

current mood and feelings further, preferring to continue her plan to “go for a drive.” While she

refuses to stay and talk, it is very clear knowing her capability, and using the SLAP Assessment

to measure her intent, that Joanne is a very high-risk suicidal client (Sommers-Flanagan &

Sommers-Flanagan, 2017).

Precipitating Events

Joanne’s ongoing battle with depression, as suicidal ideations as well as suicide attempts

and even plans fail under diagnostic criteria for many depression disorders found in the DSM-5

(APA, 2013). Her fixation on her job, and her level of satisfaction from it, which is also very

stressful, and consuming is also worth noting. Her limited lack of involvement in things outside

of work, and even with her family shows that she is currently social isolated, and her social

support system is not known. She is not currently in any relationships and has not dated since

her divorce fifteen years ago. The one disclosed relationship was an affair with her sister’s

husband, which lasted for a year, but ended seven years ago. Joanne is not in contact with her

, sister to this day due to the guilt she feels from the affair, as well as her sister’s husband

continual attempts to contact her.


Risk Factors

There are many suicidal risk factors to consider with Joanne. When considering what

those risk factors are, it is important to look at her demographics, traits, behaviors, or any

situation connected to a suicide attempt. When considering her demographics, being female, her

age, and a divorcee all place her at an increased risk for suicide (Sommers-Flanagan &

Sommers-Flanagan, 2017). There are also some risk factors seen in her behaviors. Her three

previous suicide attempts are one of the highest risk factors in her case, as previous attempts

have been linked to an increased risk of suicide (Sadek, 2019). Other behavior risk factors

would be her level of social isolation she is currently in, and the unknown status of her social

support system. From her visit to the office unannounced, it is also known that she has

immediate access to a firearm, which is also seen as a risk factor for suicide (Sadek, 2019). With

this risk factor, she can be considered both chronically high risk due to her previous attempts and

her major mental illness, as well as acutely high risk, making an intervention a necessary and

ethically responsible mandate at this timed (Sadek, 2019).

Referral Sources

In planning an intervention there are a multitude of resources and types of intervention

methods that can be chosen. Joanne has previous suicide attempts, and there should be an

existing customized safety plan, which would be great to review at this time. In it will detail

information about what her preferred care plan is, including the complete suicide risk

assessment, intervention guidance, and monitoring policy (Jackson-Cherry & Erford, 2018;

Sadek, 2019). A social support system can be instrumental here, which will prove to be

challenging, as Joanne’s current support system is unknown, including status with family, other

then her ongoing estrangement with her sister. With the amount of time that she has been

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