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Healthy and Unhealthy Attitudes Toward Death, Dying and Grief
To be used in death education workshops for high schools, mental health associations, nurses associations, etc. The course is designed to help persons understand the various ways that our society & other societies help their members cope with the loss of a loved one & to develop skills & attitudes necessary for coping with loss.
Seasonal Patterns of Suicide Among Males and Females
The number of suicides occurring in New Hampshire by month from 1965-75 were obtained from N.H. Dept. of Vital Stats. 1002 suicides were examined by ANOVA by sex & month. The findings indicate that more males than females commit suicide, more suicides occur in the spring & fall relative to the summer & winter. Recommendations […]
And Darkness Closes In… A National Study of Jail Suicides
Documentation of suicides during 1979 indicated that inmates commit suicide at 16 times the rate in the general population. A profile of the typical inmate suicide indicated that he was 22 years old, white, single, male & had been arrested for public intoxication. He had no significant history of arrests, mental illness or suicidal behaviour. […]
The Philosophical Roots of the Confidentiality Dilemma
Two competing philosophical systems are examined: utilitarianism & Kantian formalism. The 2 moral outlooks are defined & briefly discussed. The implications that ensue from each of the theories are considered. Utilitarianism favours the interventionist violating the confidence of the suicidal person out of concern for her welfare, whereas formalism favours respect for individual autonomy. As […]
Ratings of Intention in Suicidal Behavior
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 […]
Coming to Terms With Death
Coming to terms with death is a state of awareness in which sufficient acceptance of death’s inevitability permits individuals to plan for an appropriate death. Birth and death punctuate existence but ordinarily are perceived as opposites. Birth is normal, death is abnormal. Indeed death is always pathalogical. The present status of death as a scientific […]
Problems in Studying Suicide
Suicide and suicide attempts are discrete phenomena. No clear predictors have been determined for either event. In principle, suicide should be preventable. This somewhat rambling article discusses many of the variables which have been found to relate to suidial behaviors as of some twenty years ago. Depression & alcoholism are the 2 main predictors of […]
An Approach to the Study of Patient Suicide During Psychotherapy
Suicide of patients during psychotherapy is identified as a significant problem. A review of the literature in this field indicates that suicide during psychotherapy has been viewed as a countertransference phenomenon. In this article, several proximal and distal variables which contribute to suicide during psychotherapy are identified with appropriate illustrations and case examples.
On Charles Moore’s “The Subject of Suicide”
Charles Moore published an inquiry into suicide in 1790; this article begins with his 12 precautions against suicide. The present author questions the lack of reaction to Moore’s work even though it was known to modern suicidologists. Cutter speculates that western culture conspired to create a suicide taboo which allowed work such as Moore’s to […]
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