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Suicide and Homicide by Automobile
Suicide & homicide by automobile are attempted more often than is generally recognized. Awareness of this problem on the part of police & surgeons who treat victims of auto wrecks should aid in detection of such acts. This should facilitate early psychiatric evaluation & treatment of these persons who are dangerous to themselves & often […]
Injuries Sustained From High Velocity Impact With Water: An Experience from the Golden Gate Bridge
Over 720 persons are reported to have died jumping from the Golden Gate Bridge in San Francisco. This article reviews the results of 100 consecutive autopsies. The majority of individuals died from massive internal injuries. Persons fatally injured appeared to have entered the water in a horizontal position. In contrast, six survivors entered the water […]
The B.B.C. “Befrienders” Series and Its Effects
Reports that following broadcast of an 11-episode TV series portraying the Samaritans as a suicide prevention service, an increase in Samaritan clients was noted in Edinburgh. No reduction in attempts to commit suicide was noted at the hospitals. It is concluded that perhaps the Samaritans function more as a crisis intervention service than as a […]
Grief Reactions
Grief reactions vary in degree and kind depending upon the nature of the death involved, but there are features and processes which are common to all. Many experience grief in response to loss other than death (e.g. of a lover or spouse by desertion or divorce): this represents significant loss and so there is some […]
A Time to be Born, A Time to Die
The hospice movement offers new hope of providing care that will “personalize” death, recognizing it as a part of the individual’s total experience of growth and development. Care is holistic with attention to the mind, spirit and body. Distressing symptoms & pain are relieved so the patient can more realistically deal with death. Whether in […]
The Role of Nonprofessional Volunteers in a Suicide Prevention Center
The procedures in the selection, training and supervision of 10 nonprofessional volunteers, to provide direct therapeutic crisis services to patients in a suicide prevention centre are described. The volunteers’ reactions to the program are reported. Significant problems for the agency emerged in reference to precipitous increase in size of staff communication, and for the volunteer, […]
Assessment Techniques for Childhood Depression
Major techniques for assessing childhood depression, including self-report scales, interviews, projective techniques, peer ratings, & others, are reviewed & evaluated. Several approaches for assessing validity are suggested, including convergent & discriminant validation & differentiation of respondents. Assessment techniques for adult depression, including those based upon nonverbal behaviour, EMG responses, & overt activity, are highlighted as […]
Dealing With Grief in the Emergency Room
Although critically ill or injured patients rushed to hospital emergency rooms have traditionally received immediate treatment, their families and friends have generally not been the focus of attention or care. This article describes the concepts and procedures followed by emergency room social workers at a hospital where a specific protocol has been developed to assist […]
Two Years of Suicide: A Study of Adolescent Suicide in New Hampshire
While psychological autopsies of 10 noninstitutionalized adolescent suicides occurring in New Hampshire over a 2 year period corraborated the findings of similar studies, they contradicted the results of others. The adolescents had poor school records and high incidents of suicide threats and family discord. However, the study group had no previous attempts, no family history […]
How Do We Cope with Death?
Authors propose that general practitioners should consider counselling their dying patients more actively, including those in hospital where terminal care may be poorly handled psychologically. This entails a major change in training which the authors hope is taking place through vocational training schemes. Authors also feel a change in attitude to be necessary by many […]
Ottawa Aims Gun Control Safety Campaign at Children
This newspaper article discusses the national program to improve firearm safety in Canada. It describes the 1979 gun law, which strengthened the restrictions on the purchase of firearms. The debate over whether these policies should be relaxed or tightened is also outlined. The article also states that gun-related murders, armed robberies, & suicides have decreased […]
When Patients Commit Suicide
In this study, the reactions of therapists when a patient commits suicide are examined. The therapists were asked questions like, “Would you have done anything differently?” and “What effect did it have on you?” Like others who are bereaved by suicide deaths, counsellors felt denial & repression. Many also felt guilty & inadequate, & some […]
Broken Homes and Attempted and Completed Suicide
A study of completed & attempted adult suicides in King County, Wash., indicates that in both groups there is a higher rate of parental deprivation in childhood than in control groups of other studies. The most prevalent parental deprivation for the completed group was death, for the attempted group, divorce. Loss of both parents was […]
Methods and Fashions of Suicide
In New York City, multiple methods are often used by the same person. Children and elderly use similar and violent methods. Women use methods which allow time for rescue while men use more final and violent methods. The most common areas for stabbing wounds are the throat and chest. Gunshots are usually in the head. […]
Reducing Childhood Disability in the 80’s
This article discusses childhood disabilities from an international prespective. In 1975, about 10% of the world’s children suffered from 1 or more disabilities. The authors outline patterns & causes of disabilities. A section on mental illness & psychosocial problems is included, outlining problems in prevention & treatment. They provide several strategies for change, both national […]
On Attempted Suicide
44 attempted suicides seen in an emergency room over a 1 year period were evaluated as to the events preceding the act, the method used, the setting in which it occurred, & the ways in which others became involved. Numerous cases are supplied to illustrate conclusions that the less lethal attempts generally had the desired […]
Drug Abuse and Suicide Attempt of an Adolescent Girl: A Social and Psychiatric Evaluation.
Employing a case study, Trautman traces the relationship between psychosocial conditions and the suicidal behavior of a 14 year old New York City girl. The girl’s deviant defense mechanisms including drug abuse are explored. In this case, the precipitating crisis event led to an impetuous suicidal act. The role of community agencies is described. (TG)
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