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SAFETY RISK FACTORS
What to Look For: Safety Risk Factors

  • A written note or verbal statement which has a sense of finality or a suicidal tone to it.
  • Essays or papers that focus on despair, suicide or death.
  • Severe depression.
  • Statements that the student is "going away for a long time."
  • Giving away of prized possessions.
  • Self-injurious or self-destructive behaviors.
  • Any other behavior which seems out of control.

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