CLP 3140 Lecture Notes - Lecture 15: Suicide Prevention, Ambivalence, Anomie
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It has been estimated that 1 million people die by suicide each year, more than 38,000 in the united states alone. Parasuicides: a suicide attempt that does not result in death. Suicide: a self-inflicted death in which the person acts intentionally, directly, and consciously. Subintentional deaths: a death in which the victim plays an indirect, hidden, partial, or unconscious role. Self-injury or self-mutilation, has been added to the list of dsm. Nonsuicidal self-injury be studied for possible inclusion in future revisions of the dsm. Self-injurious behaviors are more common than previously recognized, particularly among teenagers and young adults, and it may be on the increase. Retrospective analysis: a psychological autopsy in which clinicians piece together information about a person"s suicide from the person"s past. studying people who survive their suicide attempt. Because of these limitations, many researchers also use a second strategy: it is estimated that there are 12 nonfatal suicide attempts for every fatal suicide,
