Term
Defintion
Characteristics
Different types of/Symptoms
Miscellaneous
100
this has increased 40% in the last decade for ages 15-24
What is Suicide
100
intentional direct and conscious taking of one's own life
What is suicide
100
Men are ____ times more likely to be successful then women in suicide
What is 4?
100
Third leading cause of death among teenagers is:
Suicide
100
jumping off buildings and running into traffic
What is most common methods of suicide in children under 15
200
thoughts about suicide
What is suicidal ideation
200
Men use more ______ means of suicide
What is lethal, dangerous, etc.
200
Drugs and hanging themselves
What is most common methods of suicide in older children
300
cannot see any other alternatives
What is tunnel vision?
300
seek a solution, termination of distressing thoughts or feelings, intolerable psych pain, frustrated psych need, hopelessness/helplessness, ambivalence, tunnel vision, escape from intolerable situation, communication of intention, lifelong coping patters
What is ten common characteristics of suicide
300
bullying, family instability, stress, depression and hopelessness, work financial or relational loss, intolerable pain
What is reasons for suicide
300
psychologist and writer- committed suicide by placing a plastic bag over his head- suffered from depression
What is Bruno Bettelheim
400
systematic examination of existing info for the purpose of understanding and explaining persons behavior before his or her death
What is psychological autopsy
400
previous suicide attempt, amount of detail in threat, family history of suicide, isolation, direct access to means of suicide, verbal communication of intent
What is indirect clues of suicidal intent?
400
inability to integrate oneself into society- lack of close ties deprives one of support systems
What is sociocultural perspective of suicide
400
Correlation of suicide, ______, and __________
What is depression and hopelessness?
500
mimic previous suicide- usually highly publicized suicides
What is copycat suicide
500
Correlation of suicide, depression, and hopelessness all include what ?
What is -increase in sadness -heightened anxiety, -anger, -shame -hopelessness and negative expectations about future are also strong indicators of suicide
500
What is the most common method of suicide of the elderly?
What is suicide using firearms
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