Chapter 8 Flashcards
90 year old women killed herself rather than continue suffering from terminal bone cancer. A teenager commits suicide when his girlfriend breaks up with him and his parents are unconcerned. A religious fanatic kills himself to protest a religious persecution. these examples of suicide suggest that:
C) there are many different reason’s for suicide.
suicide should be discussed separately from depression because ____
C) There are many causes of suicide and it may represent a separate clinical entity
___ is patterned after a medical procedure and its a systematic attempt to understand the reason’s for a person’s suicide or homicide through case, history, analysis, and interviews with family and friends.
A) Psychological Autopsy
What is the problem associated with saving people who survive their suicide attempts to understand the reason’s why a person commits suicide.
D) People who survive suicide attempts differ from those who are successful in their attempts
which of the following is among the six common characteristics of suicide.
C) only a small minority of those who are successful give some indication of their intentions.
suicide
the intentional, direct, and conscious taking of one’s own life
suicidal ideation
thoughts about suicide
psychological autopsy
the systematic examination of existing information after a person’s death for the purpose of understanding and explaining the person’s behavior before death
psychache
a term created to describe the unbearable psychological hurt, pain, and anguish associated with suicide
Suicidologist
a professional who studies the manifestation, dynamics, and prevention of suicides
suicidal self-injury
self-harm intended to provide relief from negative
feelings or to induce a positive mood state
lethality
the capability of causing death
