Resource Tag: CLASSIFICATION

The literature on adolescent suicide attempts is reviewed. The demographic, familial, psycho-pathological features distinguishing this group from adolescents without suicidal behaviours are presented. Adolescent suicidal behaviours can be seen as maladaptive coping mechanisms engendered by a group of adolescents to escape from or show their distress. A fragile social support network is a significant predisposing […]

To evaluate the link between antidepressants & suicidal behaviour & ideation in youth, adverse events from pediatric clinical trials were classified in order to identify suicidal events. The authors describe the Columbia Classification Algorithm for Suicide Assessment, a standardized rating system. Adverse events from 25 clinical trials were systematically identified. Randomly assigned adverse events were […]

The typical circumstances of suicide in post-apartheid urban South Africa are described. Data comprise suicide cases from all urban municipalities where an injury surveillance system has full coverage. Typical patterns were identified by means of a classification technique applied to 8 variables descriptive of the events, their victims, & the suicide level of the cities. […]

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Homicide followed by suicide is an extremely rare event, requiring an integrated theoretical understanding that goes beyond explaining it as either homicide or suicide. Police reports, newspaper articles, and interviews with families, friends, and neighbors connected with 42 homicide–suicide cases that occurred in greater metropolitan New Orleans between 1989 and 2001 form the empirical base […]

Classification of suicides is essential for clinicians to better identify self-harm patients with future suicidal risks. This study examined potential subtypes of suicide in a psychological autopsy sample (N = 148) in Hong Kong. Hierarchical cluster analysis extracted two subgroups of subjects in terms of expressed deliberation assessed by the Beck Suicide Intent Scale (SIS). […]

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To date, research on risk for self-harming behavior has been oflimited success. This has led to difficulty in predicting self-harm, anddeveloping effective intervention programs. The existing predictionliterature has focused on static risk factors, failed to adequately define or measure many important constructs, and has not yet developed predictionschemes of adequate accuracy. The current intervention literature […]

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This article describes a case series of murder followed by suicide attempts. Examining this type of offender may help us better understand the group who complete murder followed by suicide. Research in this area will always be difficult given the rarity of the event and the retrospective approach, which is usually required.

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The author first discusses five problems that are creating a growing trend towards the consideration of active euthanasia. He then provides a definition of euthanasia and classifies the different forms of euthanasia, from passive to active. (77 refs.)

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