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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