BIOL 1500 Lecture Notes - Suicide Prevention, Rugby Football League, Mental Disorder
19 Jan 2013
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Valtonen & al assessed patients diagnosed with bipolar disorder and determined that hopelessness predicted suicidal behaviour during depressive phases, whereas a subjective rating of severity od depression and younger age predicted suicide attempts during mixed phases. A significant number of people who are not depressed make suicidal attemps, some with success. Most notable people diagnosed with borderline personality disorder. Berkheim"s sociological theory: durkheim distinguished three different kinds of suicide, egoistic suicide, altruistic suicide: committed by people who have few ties to family, society, or community. These people fel alienated from others and cut off from the social supports that are important to keep them functioning adaptively as social beings. is viewed as a response to societal demands. Some people who commit suicide feel very much a part of a group and sacrifice themselves for what they take to be the goof of society. triggered by a sudden change in a person"s relationship to society.
