Explaining suicide : patterns, motivations, and what notes reveal /

The rate of suicides is at its highest level in nearly 30 years. Suicide notes have long been thought to be valuable resources for understanding suicide motivation, but up to now the small sample sizes available have made an in-depth analysis difficult. Explaining Suicide: Patterns, Motivations, and...

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Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Otros Autores: Meyer, Cheryl L., Irani, Taronish, Hermes, Katherine A., Yung, Betty
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: London, United Kingdom : Academic Press, 2017.
Temas:
Suicide > Psychology.
Suicide > Risk factors.
Suicidal behavior > Risk factors.
Suicidal behavior.
Suicide > psychology
Risk Factors
Suicide, Attempted
Comportement suicidaire.
Comportement suicidaire > Facteurs de risque.
Suicide > Psychologie.
Suicide > Facteurs de risque.
HEALTH & FITNESS > Diseases > General.
MEDICAL > Clinical Medicine.
MEDICAL > Diseases.
MEDICAL > Evidence-Based Medicine.
MEDICAL > Internal Medicine.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Front Cover
  • Explaining Suicide
  • Copyright Page
  • Dedication
  • Contents
  • Preface
  • Acknowledgments
  • Introduction
  • 1 The History and Theories of Suicide
  • The History of Suicide
  • Suicide From the Early Modern Period to the Post-Civil War Era
  • Suicide From the Post-Civil War Era to the Present
  • Theories of Suicide
  • Psychache Theory
  • Interpersonal Theory of Suicidal Behavior
  • Thwarted Disorientation Contexts
  • Cognitive Theories of Suicide
  • Hereditary and Biological Theories of Suicide
  • Studying Special Populations
  • 2 Findings
  • Deciphering 1280 Cases
  • Suicide Notes
  • Overall Structure of the Notes
  • Content of the Notes
  • Very Frequently Occurring Content in the Notes
  • Love and Relationships
  • Apology, Blame, and Forgiveness
  • Escape
  • Instructions
  • Frequently Occurring Content
  • God and Religion
  • The Afterlife and the Morality of Suicide
  • Advice
  • Precipitating Events
  • Less Frequently Occurring Content
  • Emotions
  • Future Studies
  • Motivations
  • 3 Suicide Motivated by Interpersonal Relationships
  • Suicides Related to Intimate Partners
  • Unrequited or Lost Love
  • Abusive Relationships
  • Unknown Cause
  • Suicides Motivated by Other Interpersonal Relationships
  • Murder-Suicide
  • Conclusions
  • 4 Escape as a Motivation for Suicide
  • Escaping From Multiple Issues
  • Escaping From Psychological Pain
  • Escaping From Physical Pain
  • Escaping from Legal and Financial Crises
  • Legal Crises
  • Financial Crises
  • Conclusions
  • 5 Grief and Failure
  • Distinguishing Uncomplicated and Complicated Grief
  • Quintessential Case of Bereavement
  • Prevention and Intervention
  • Failure
  • Workplace Bullying: An Example of Complex�A Failure
  • Intervention
  • Other Categories That Were Not Well Supported
  • Guilt
  • Alienation
  • Altruism
  • Conclusions
  • 6 The Complexity of Suicide Motivation.
  • Chaos in Life and Intent to Die
  • Interpersonal Relationships and Gender Dynamics
  • Abusive Relationships
  • A Comparison of Interpersonal Relationships
  • Attitudes Toward Death
  • Effect of Pain
  • Reasons for Living
  • Effect of Overwhelming Problems
  • Conclusions
  • 7 Severe Mental Illness
  • Severe Persistent Mental Illness and�A Suicide
  • Depression
  • Bipolar Disorder
  • Schizophrenia
  • Multiple Diagnoses
  • Dementia
  • Anxiety Disorders
  • Miscellaneous Other Diagnoses
  • Conclusions
  • 8 The Intersection of Suicide and�A Legal Issues
  • Criminal Involvement
  • Crimes Involving Substance Use, Abuse, or Addictions
  • Driving Under the Influence
  • Other Crimes
  • Child Support
  • Inmates and Suicide
  • Conclusions Related to Criminal Involvement and Suicide
  • Civil Issues
  • Financial Issues-Foreclosure, Eviction, Bankruptcy
  • It's All Relative
  • Conclusions Related to Legal Involvement�A and Suicide
  • 9 Protective Factors and Resilience
  • Factors That Lead to Longevity
  • Factors That Lead to Lives Cut Short
  • Death With Dignity
  • Living With Thoughts of Death
  • Protective Factors
  • Resilience
  • Conclusions
  • 10 Conclusions and Implications
  • Resources Already Available
  • A National Agenda
  • The Relationship Between Risk Factors and Motivations
  • Societal Risk Factors: Opening the Dialogue Regarding Suicide and Mental Illness
  • The Means Matter
  • Health and First-Responder Systems Risk Factors
  • Localizing the National Agenda
  • Working at the Local Level to Help Families and Survivors
  • A "Driver's Ed" Course for Suicide Prevention
  • Caregivers
  • Family Intervention
  • A Partners-in-Health Approach as a Model for Those Hard to Help
  • Conclusions and Recommendations
  • Postscript
  • To Those Who Have Lost Loved Ones to Suicide
  • Appendix A: Detailed Methodology
  • Appendix B: Coding Information
  • References
  • Index.

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