Resource Tag: UNITED STATES. DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA

The staff of the suicide studies unit at St. Elizabeths Hospital have found the psychological autopsy useful in reviewing the circumstances surrounding the suicide of a hospitalized patient. The autopsy is aimed at determining what clues the patient gave to his lethal intentions & how the staff handled the clues. The authors describe the technique […]

A quick description of a follow-up study on 72 children, 18 months after their discharge from an inpatient psychiatric unit for suicidal behaviour. It was attempted to determine the effectiveness of suicidal behaviour as a problem solving strategy, significant postdischarge experiences, incidence of postdischarge suicide attempts, and experiences associated with repeated suicidal behaviour.

Degrees of intention have been noted before in behavior of patients who attempt or commit suicide. However, criteria for judging the degree and role of the victim’s effort to achieve self-termination has been lacking. The present report is a description of our efforts to define and quantify suicidal intent as a psychological variable, whether or […]

Evaluated structured interview & case history data obtained from a group of adolescent suicide attempters & a comparison group of adolescents admitted to a mental health center but who had no history of attempted suicide. Significantly more (p

This paper explores the epidemiology & impact of acute life-threatening experiences among a youthful population. Interviews were conducted with 649 individuals aged 13-30. Suicide was found to be a unique from of death confrontation. Different impacts effects are reported by mode of event.

Assessed, by a Morbidity Attitude Survey & Depression Scale, hard core heroin addicts (n=98) who were in either a methadone treatment or an abstinence program. Showed distinct evidence of depression among addicts compared with controls; greater incidence of suicide attempts, except in blacks; different attitudes toward violence & morbidity, particularly when abstaining from methadone; methadone […]

Studies of 46 attempted suicides at 2 correctional institutions indicate that the suicide attempt rate for a jail for inmates awaiting trial or sentencing was 3.2%, while at a reformatory for long-term inmates it was 1.4%. Compares attempters at both institutions & controls. Delineates 3 types of attempters: (a) depressives, particularly at the jail; (b) […]