Adult Mental Health Crisis Intervention Curriculum

Module 2. Mental Illness

Chapter 4. Parasuicide

Welcome to “Parasuicide”, the fourth chapter in the Mental Illness module.  In this chapter you will review a document that examines parasuicide.  You will learn that parasuicide is classified as a Borderline Personality Disorder (BPD).  You will also learn about the features of BPD, how to intervene with people who have BPD and behavioral therapy approaches for people with BPD.

The material for this subject will be given to you in a .PDF document entitled “Parasuicide”.  You will be given this document on the next page.  Please review it and when you are confident you have a good understanding of its content, close it and press Next.   You will then be presented with a number of questions designed to verify your grasp of the material.

Press Next to proceed to the next page and the “Parasuicide” Document.