Resource Tag: CASE STUDIES

Objective To investigate suicide ideation and behavior as risk factors for suicide in schizophrenia during varying time periods. Method Cases were 84 patients who died by suicide within 5 years from diagnosis in a source population of patients discharged for the first time from psychiatric hospitals in Stockholm County, Sweden, with a schizophrenia spectrum diagnosis. One […]

Objective: Aim of this study was an evaluation of the completed suicide rate as well as exploring what associated psychological and social factors might have increased the risk of death from suicide. Method: The study examines all adult suicide cases in the Province of Denizli that occurred between January 2009 and December 2010. In addition […]

Background: The use of the helium suicide method has been increasing in popularity in Hong Kong since 2012. We have learned a valuable lesson in curbing the spread of charcoal burning (CB) suicide in the past 15 years and hope to prevent the helium suicide method from taking off in the community. Aims: To document what actions have […]

BACKGROUND: This case illustrates previously undiagnosed dissociative identity disorder (DID) in a middle-aged female with extensive childhood trauma, who was high functioning prior to a trigger that caused a reemergence of her symptoms. The trigger sparked a dissociative state, attempted suicide, and subsequent inpatient psychiatric hospitalization. OBJECTIVE: Practitioners should include in their differential and screen […]

The Mental Health Commission of Canada (MHCC) initiated the three-year Case Study Research Project (CSRP) in 2014. Its purpose was to investigate the progress of Canadian organizations which were implementing the National Standard of Canada for Psychological Health and Safety in the Workplace (the Standard). A unique set of assessment measures were created to evaluate […]

Objectives To investigate the role of risk assessment in predicting suicide in patients with schizophrenia spectrum disorders (SSDs) receiving secondary mental healthcare. We postulated that risk assessment plays a limited role in predicting suicide in these patients. Design Retrospective case–control study. Setting Anonymised electronic mental health record data from the South London and Maudsley National […]

Few reports exist about the treatment of body dysmorphic disorder (BDD) in patients who are suicidal. This case report describes a 19-year-old male with BDD who had delusional-intensity beliefs about facial disfigurement that had gradually intensified over a 2-year period. However, he was initially misdiagnosed with depression partly because he was admitted immediately after a suicide […]

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Describes theoretical aspects such as the familiar primary, secondary, and tertiary model of suicide prevention, and compares it with the US Institute of Medicine model which adopts universal, selective, and indicated approaches.

Autopsy of a Suicidal Mind is a uniquely intensive psychological analysis of a suicidal mind. In this poignant scientific study, Edwin S. Shneidman, a founder of the field of suicidology, assembles an extraordinary cast of eight renowned experts to analyze the suicidal materials, including a ten-page suicide note, given to him by a distraught mother […]

This series of discussions is about a patient we call David who made a near lethal suicide attempt. Fortuitously he was found alive and entered the mental health system, where his treatment and recovery began. Parts of this discussion were initially presented at the AAS. Contact us for a copy of this article, or view […]

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Michael Chandler (1994) has described how suicide can result from a loss of a sense of self, while Roy Baumeister (1990) has described how suicide can be an attempt to escape from the self. Their published theories are presented in a very abstract manner, and the present essay presents examples from two individuals who died […]

An American military veteran describes his experience with posttraumatic stress disorder in this article. He discusses a near suicide attempt – averted only by a timely phone call from his wife, his reluctance to seek help as it could have negative effects on his security clearance, & his improvement once he finally did request & […]

This article examines the influence that the suicide of Robert Seymour, an illustrator, had upon Charles Dickens & the development of “The Pickwick Papers”. {35 notes)

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This article presents the case of an American Indian female at high risk for suicide in an effort to document the potential effectiveness of a college student suicide prevention program designed for Northern Plain American Indian students. The program is integrative & culturally grounded within the medicine wheel, stressing continuity of care through programming & […]

This chapter opens with a discussion of the various ways in which the Rorschach has been used to assess suicide risk, including single sign approaches & the Rorschach suicide constellation. The strengths & weaknesses of these approaches are reviewed. Recent research contributions, clinical risk factors for suicide & the Rorschach, & a case history in […]

The scarce empirical research into maternal filicide-suicide has resulted in a number of descriptive risk factors for the offender. The aim of this paper is to highlight the interaction amongst these risk factors via a case study of a woman who survived a filicide-suicide the child also survived. The authors conclude that in order to […]

In this chapter, the author first discusses R. Firestone’s overall theoretical approach of separation theory, including the fantasy bond, or self-parenting process, & the voice process. Second, the steps in voice therapy, a cognitive/affective/behavioral treatment, are described. Finally, a hypothetical session is presented to illustrate this methodology as applied in the treatment of an individual […]

This article discusses the case of Thompson versus Patton in which the Supreme Court of Alabama reviewed the trial court’s decision to grant a motion for summary judgment in favour of the defendant in a malpractice suit alleging negligence by a psychiatrist who discharged a patient from the hospital 3 days before the patient’s suicide. […]

This chapter presents theoretical & therapeutic principles of family therapy in the treatment of suicidal elderly. The premise is that suicide is based on a crisis, often the last in a series of crises. Therefore, the development & fate of these crises & the role of the family in their resolution & cure are also […]