Narcissism and suicide risk

We all have narcissism, but in some cases, the perception of narcissism becomes extreme and pathological. Systematic research has shown that there are three subtypes typical of narcissistic personality disorder: the grandiose/oblivious, the vulnerable/hypervigilant, and the high-functioning subtype. Both biological and psychological factors are at work, but the true cause of pathological narcissism has not […]

To treat or not to treat: The effect of hypothetical patients’ suicidal severity on therapists’ willingness to treat

Therapists’ intense negative emotional responses regarding suicidal patients raise questions about therapists’ willingness to treat them; however, this issue has yet to be investigated. The aim of the current study is to examine to what extent the severity of suicidality of a hypothetical patient will influence therapists’ willingness to treat and the likelihood of their […]

Parental psychopathology and the risk of suicidal behavior in their offspring: results from the World Mental Health surveys.

Previous research suggests that parental psychopathology predicts suicidal behavior among offspring; however, the more fine-grained associations between specific parental disorders and distinct stages of the pathway to suicide are not well understood. We set out to test the hypothesis that parental disorders associated with negative mood would predict offspring suicide ideation, whereas disorders characterized by […]

Defenses in the Assessment of Suicidal Propensities (IN: 101 Defenses: how the Mind Shields Itself, by J S Blackman)

The author presents a summary of the common psychological knowledge about what factors heighten the risk of people dying by suicide after they have been evaluated. Then, the use of defense theory & technique is discussed.

The Father Transference During a pre-Suicide State(IN: Relating to Self-Harm and Suicide. Psychoanalytic Perspectives on Practice, Theory and Prevention, ed. by S Briggs, A Lemma and W Crouch)

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Hostility and Suicide: the Experience of Aggression From Within and Without(IN: Relating to Self-Harm and Suicide. Psychoanalytic Perspectives on Practice, Theory and Prevention, ed. by S Briggs, A Lemma and W Crouch)

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Attacks on Life: Suicidality and Self-Harm in Young People(IN: Relating to Self-Harm and Suicide. Psychoanalytic Perspectives on Practice, Theory and Prevention, ed. by S Briggs, A Lemma and W Crouch)

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Suicidal Thoughts During an Analysis(IN: Relating to Self-Harm and Suicide. Psychoanalytic Perspectives on Practice, Theory and Prevention, ed. by S Briggs, A Lemma and W Crouch)

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Suicidality in Later Life(IN: Relating to Self-Harm and Suicide. Psychoanalytic Perspectives on Practice, Theory and Prevention, ed. by S Briggs, A Lemma and W Crouch)

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Book Review – Breakdown: Sex, Suicide, and the Harvard Psychiatrist by E McNamara

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Treating the Suicidal Patient: Basic Principles

This article includes a discussion between D Shaffer and J T Maltsberger.

To Murder the Internal Mother or to Commit Suicide? Anti-Group in a Group of Second-Generation Holocasut Survivors Whose Children Committed Suicide

This article presents the development of an anti-group among a group of parents whose children committed suicide. All the participants but two were children of Holocaust survivors (i.e. second-generation Holocaust survivors); these two were married to second-generation Holocaust survivors, so that in all cases, the son who committed suicide had at least one parent who […]

Problems in Psychotherapy With Suicidal Patients

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Responding to Suicidal Risk (IN: Ethics in Psychotherapy and Counselling: a Practical Guide 2nd Edition, ed. by K S Pope and M J T Vasquez)

A Crude way of Loving: on Surviving the Trauma of Therapeutic Change With Borderline Patients in Group Psychotherapy

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Guidelines for Clinicians Working With Gifted, Suicidal Adolescents

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A Psychiatrist in Cultural Transition: Personal and Professional Dilemmas

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Psychodynamic Conceptualization and Treatment of Suicidal Patients

This paper discusses psychodynamic perspectives of the conceptualization & treatment of suicidal patients. A review of psychoanalytic & psychodynamic perspectives is provided, along with representative case examples of these phenomena. Empirical studies are also reviewed, noting how recent research provides some meaningful insight into the object relations of suicidal patients. Finally, treatment issues are discussed. […]

Treating Complex Trauma in Women Within Community Mental Health

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“Perhaps you Will Read This” – Starting Psychotherapy on the Internet

Published in “Suicide Risk & Protective Factors in the New Millennium,” ed. by O T Grad

When a Psychiatry Resident’s Patient Commits Suicide: Transference Trials and Tribulations

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Dancing With Death: Technical and Countertransference Considerations in Psychodynamic Work With Suicidal and Self-Destructive Patients

This article presents the proceedings of the Erikson Institute Fall Conference, which took place at the Austen Riggs Center in October 2002. Overviews of the Conference’s presentations & workshops on psychotherapy with suicidal patients are presented.

The Suicidal Risk in Severe Personality Disorders: Differential Diagnosis and Treatment

This article examines the clinical approach to patients with severe personality disorders who present suicidal ideation & behavior. It describes the diagnostic evaluation of patients’ suicidal potential, personality disorder, & the presence or absence of various regressive illnesses. The analysis of the combined features in these three symptomatic domains determines alternative strategies of various interventions. […]