PSYC 3140 Chapter 10-11: PSYC 3140 Lecture 6 - Feb 23.docx
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How is suicide studied: suicide researchers face a major obstacle: their subjects are no longer alive, researchers use two different strategies to try to overcome this obstacle (with partial success): Different methods have differing lethality men tend to use more violent methods (shooting, stabbing, or hanging), than women (drugs) In the u. s, suicide also seems to vary according to race: the suicide rate of white americans is almost twice as high as that of african. Americans, hispanic americans, and asian americans: a major exception to this pattern is the very high suicide rate of native. Americans, which overall is 1. 5 times the national average. Mood and thought changes: many suicide attempts are preceded by changes in mood, these changes may not be enough to warrant a diagnosis of a mental disorder, the most common change is a rise in sadness. Increases in feelings of anxiety, tension, frustration, anger, or shame are also common.
