Topic: Juvenile Jam / suicidal juveniles

I have been reading some of the comments posted, & I have only been an officer for about…4 months; this is the most gratifying & stressful job at the same time; My facility, in the unit that I am posted, I deal with alot of cutters, & what we call scratchers. how do you determine if someone is really going to kill themselves, or just lashing out for attention. Some officers tend to just to want to ignore the “student” thinking that maybe they are just looking for attention; But what if this particular student is really needing help? What then?