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Rising morbidity and mortality in midlife among white non-Hispanic Americans in the 21st century.
Midlife increases in suicides and drug poisonings have been previously noted. However, that these upward trends were persistent and large enough to drive up all-cause midlife mortality has, to our knowledge, been overlooked. If the white mortality rate for ages 45−54 had held at their 1998 value, 96,000 deaths would have been avoided from 1999Ð2013, […]
The wellness wheel: An Aboriginal contribution to social work.
This contribution to the helping professions focuses on social intervention with the individual. It stems from an Aboriginal philosophy of life which promotes health and wellness through a ‘fully ecological’ and holistic approach based on the Medicine Wheel. Contact us for a copy of this article, or view online at http://tapwewin.pbworks.com/w/file/fetch/52896768/LoiselleMcKenzie.pdf
Arts-based research in cultural mental health.
Arts can be employed as a powerful tool to elicit thinking and discussion (thus generating and gathering data), as well as a means to report and disseminate findings. The arts have been used for decades in research and practice and they are increasingly being used, also because of a counter-movement to the dominance of positivist […]
Ecomap activity.
Creating an ecomap is a graphic and useful way of assessing families in which the families themselves can participate. Contact us for a copy of this article, or view online at https://images.template.net/wp-content/uploads/2016/04/04092448/Ecomap-Activity-PDF-Format-Free-Template.pdf
Strain on the street: the retreat from drug use to suicide among homeless youth.
Delinquency research defines retreatists as “double-failures” who often withdraw from society and indulge in habitual drug use. Based on a combination of the retreatist literature and general strain theory, we develop a model that includes measures of strain and substance use. Using logistic regression, we test this model on a sample of 425 homeless adolescents. […]
Preventing Adolescent Suicide: an Introduction
This presentation provided an introduction to the topic of adolescent suicide. The causes of adolescent suicide were discussed, including family dysfunction & environmental pressures. The author asserts that knowledge about suicide is the most effective prevention tool & so reviews myths about suicide & the profile of a suicidal or potentially suicidal youth. The presentation […]
Clustering Semantic Spaces of Suicide Notes and Newsgroups Articles
Historically, suicide risk assessment has relied on question-&-answer tools. These tools, built on psychometric advances, are widely used because of availability. Yet there is no known tool based on biologic & cognitive evidence. This absence often causes a vexing clinical problem for clinicians who question the value of the result as time passes. This paper […]
Suicide and the Media: Identifying Some Blind Spots
This paper draws upon media texts in order to illustrate the important role of the media in facilitating discussion about suicide. The paper will explore the ways in which literature related to activism in the mental health field & the disabilities movement might inform our understanding of the preoccupation with the harmful effects of suicide […]
Primary Care, Males, Masculinity, and Suicide: a Grounded Theory Study
This study was conducted to better understand primary care providers’ experience of treating males with depression. A grounded theory approach explored the contradiction that males in the United States die by suicide four times as often as females, yet females are diagnosed with depression twice as often as males. The study is guided by the […]
Suicide Among Veterans: Research, Models and Data
Research among Vietnam veterans shows that posttraumatic stress disorder & feelings of shame & guilt are risk factors for suicide. Data on Canadian peacekeepers seem to show that these peacekeepers are not at risk for suicide. However, Norwegian peacekeeping veterans are at risk for suicide as well as some groups of active duty military personnel. […]
Ethical Issues in Covering Teen Suicide Stories: Deadly Dilemmas and Fatal Flaws
This study examined news coverage of a double teen suicide in Saint Petersburg, Florida in 1993. Focusing on how the story was covered, the study explored the newspaper’s decision-making process, analyzing the process in relation to standard philosophical methods in ethics & recognized journalistic principles. As background, psychological research on suicide & the media was […]
Suicidal Patients and the use of Antidepressant Drugs: a General Practice Survey
The author reports on the results of enquiries to general practitioners about how they treat suicidal patients. Some respond with simple psychotherapy & support & others with environmental manipulation. Some patients with depressive illnesses may respond to antidepressant drugs but there is a danger of the patient overdosing on the medications they have been prescribed. […]
Situation de crise: a quoi repondent les interventions psycho-therapiques en milieu hospitalier
In this French-language presentation, the author discussed crisis situations & psychotherapeutic interventions in the hospital.
Later Self-Destructive Behavior of Suicide Attempters Treated in Medical Wards of a General Hospital
This presentation discussed the results of a study conducted to obtain a better understanding of the not met “cry for help” in the light of later self-destructive behaviour. 175 cases of suicidal poisonings made up the sample. The follow-up was done 5-6 years after the key attempt. 32% of participants had attempted suicide again, 7% […]
Le discourse sur la mort: Langage normal ou pathologique?
In this French-language presentation, the results of a psycholinguistic study on the language used in discourses about death were described.
Suicides in Macedonia/Yugoslavia, From the Aspect of Time of the Committed Act
The hour, day, & month of suicide were analyzed for cases in SR Macedonia during 1967-1976 & reported in this presentation. The greatest number of suicides occurred during the day, from 7:00 a.m.-3:00 p.m. Suicides during the day most often occurred among unemployed persons, housewives, & retired persons, & people with lower educational attainment. Suicides […]
Alcoholics and Non-Alcoholics in Attempted Suicide
This presentation reviewed an analysis of 300 cases of attempted suicide treated in Novi Sad over a two-year period. The case histories of alcoholics were separated out & then compared to all other cases. The outcomes of statistical analyses were presented.
Attempted Suicide in Mannheim 1966-1978
Epidemiological data on suicide & attempted suicide in Mannheim was discussed in this presentation. Ecological data for a 13-year period, 1966-1978, was analyzed. The strength & direction of correlations between attempted suicide rates & ecological properties of social disintegration varied with the level of the ecological unit. When streets & small neighbourhoods were studied, a […]
Family Support and Other Social Factors Precipitating Suicidal Ideation
This paper examines the effects of the college environment, family support, & demographics on older adolescents’ suicidal behaviours. 385 adolescent undergraduates completed a demographic questionnaire & the Suicide Ideation Questionnaire. 16% of respondents described themselves as serious ideators, while 59% were seen as ideators. Women indicated having more suicidal thoughts than did men. The type […]
Les suicides dans les institutions carcerales
This French-language presentation discussed suicide in correctional institutions in Quebec, Canada.
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