Proceedings

Suicide in the Native Indians of Canada

Provides selected statistics, clinical impression, personal observations and a review of pertinent literature on suicide in the native Indians of Canada. Presents a brief description of Indian culture, communities, family and the individual. Makes recommendations for suicide prevention among Indians.

Indian Stress and Violence: A Psycho-Cultural Perspective

Reviews Cherokee health problems & describes a program for meeting the health needs of Native Americans. A profile of Cherokee health problems reveals many of these are alcohol related. Identifies 3 patterns of alcohol use: conservative, middle class & marginal. Provides results of a stress assessment scale administered to 200 Cherokees. Decribes a cultural group […]

A Predictive Approach to Freud’s Formulations Regarding Suicide

This study of suicide notes involved the deduction of 25 protocol sentences that reflected important specific aspects of Freud’s formulations regarding suicide. Comparisons between genuine and simulated notes revealed that the protocol sentences discriminated very significantly in favor of the genuine notes. Individual statements which were found significantly more frequently in genuine notes indicated loss […]

The Social Contexts of a Suicide

Response Styles of Parasuicide

Mourning as a Family Secret

This paper describes 2 families whose deep need for mourning, although covertly known to each family member, was not overly acknowledged within the group. This “dysfunctional secret” contributed both to the development of symptoms in one child in each family and to progressive intrafamilial alienation. Treatment directed specifically toward the delineation and resolution of these […]

Crisis Intervention With the Performance-Dependent Client

Argues that type-A behaviour patterns often result from performance-dependency, wherein self-esteem depends upon performance level in some limited criterion behaviours. Failure in performance of these behaviours thus impacts self-esteem & produces an emotional crisis with certain defining characteristics. The numerous origins of performance-dependency & characteristics of performance-dependent clients are listed. Without intervention, the performance-dependent individual […]

A National Survey of Canadian Crisis Centres

Participating crisis centres filled out survey sheets from September-November 1978. 2,648 completed surveys were then analysed. Analysis showed that over 2/3 of callers had never phoned a crisis centre before. Most of the callers were adult females who lived alone in a big city. The majority of callers were themselves suicidal & had made a […]