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ABSTRACT:Using a sample of primitive and peasant societies from the Human Relations Area Files, this paper examines some of the social and psychological factors related to suicide prevalence. Although the sample is small, the results are quite striking, and a multivariate analysis accounts for about 70 percent of the variance in suicide prevalence. In these data, suicide prevalence is quite consistently high where (a) the society involved is of the stable agricultural type (vs. hunting‐gathering type), (b) the society customarily expects either very restrained or very open expression of the emotions (vs. more moderate expression of the emotions), and (c) the society customarily places a great deal of importance on individual pride and shame (vs. little or no emphasis on such matters

ISSN:0363-0234    

DOI:10.1111/j.1943-278X.1982.tb00708.x

出版商:Blackwell Publishing Ltd    

年代:1982

数据来源: WILEY

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ABSTRACT:Based on personal experience as an expert witness in litigation following Hospital Suicides, the following recommendations are made: every hospital should have a Suicide Prevention Committee which establishes written guidelines after surveying security areas and talking with staff and patients. Reasonable treatment requires that each patient be evaluated for suicide risk, that a treatment plan be formulated, and that staff follow the treatment plan according to the hospital's own policies.

ISSN:0363-0234    

DOI:10.1111/j.1943-278X.1982.tb00709.x

出版商:Blackwell Publishing Ltd    

年代:1982

数据来源: WILEY

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ABSTRACT:Suicide rates vary greatly by sex and race but the methods employed by these groups and changes in those methods have been studied neither closely nor systematically across time. In the present study annual official national statistics for specific methods of suicide by sex and racial group from 1923 to 1978 were examined. During this time period shifts were found among groups in the proportions of various suicide methods employed, most notably for women and Asian‐Americans. Generally, firearm use increased among nearly all ethnic/racial‐sex groups while the use of poisons declined. Although women continue to be more likely than men to kill themselves with solid and liquid poisons, in very recent years firearms have become a more common method. Among Japanese ‐ and Chinese‐Americans of both sexes the most frequently employed method has been hanging. Although this is still the case, the proportions have declined over time while the use of firearms has increased. Explanations are offered for the noted changes in method choice with particular attention being given to acculturation and changing societa

ISSN:0363-0234    

DOI:10.1111/j.1943-278X.1982.tb00710.x

出版商:Blackwell Publishing Ltd    

年代:1982

数据来源: WILEY

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ABSTRACT:The focus of this paper is on the comparison of suicidal behaviors among two populations in the same geographical area: clients at a psychology clinic vs. individuals from the general population sampled at an area shopping center. In both samples, 10 percent of the individuals reported prior parasuicidal behavior; the two populations were also quite similar on reports of prior suicidal ideation: 31 percent in the clinical and 24 percent in the general population reported never, or only briefly, considering suicide at any point in their lives. Suicidal behavior was related to sex and income in the general population.

ISSN:0363-0234    

DOI:10.1111/j.1943-278X.1982.tb00711.x

出版商:Blackwell Publishing Ltd    

年代:1982

数据来源: WILEY

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ABSTRACT:Five features of the family organization of suicidal children include family inhibition of change, lack of defined generational boundaries, severity of spouse conflict, projection of inappropriate parental feelings onto the child, and a symbiotic parent‐child interaction. The treatment of suicidal children must encompass a holistic family technique. The acute phases of treatment include protecting the child from harm, promoting family recognition of the seriousness of the child's suicidal behavior, promoting appropriate parental role responsibilities, and effecting an immediate significant family change. During the long‐term process of treatment, attention must be focused on the child's unique psychopathology, the conflicts that preclude appropriate parental response to the child's needs, and the characterological difficulties of each par

ISSN:0363-0234    

DOI:10.1111/j.1943-278X.1982.tb00712.x

出版商:Blackwell Publishing Ltd    

年代:1982

数据来源: WILEY

ISSN:0363-0234    

DOI:10.1111/j.1943-278X.1982.tb00713.x

出版商:Blackwell Publishing Ltd    

年代:1982

数据来源: WILEY

ISSN:0363-0234    

DOI:10.1111/j.1943-278X.1982.tb00714.x

出版商:Blackwell Publishing Ltd    

年代:1982

数据来源: WILEY