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ABSTRACT:The Golden Gate Bridge is currently the number one suicide location in the world. From the opening day, May 18, 1937 to April 1, 1978, there have been 625 officially reported suicide deaths and perhaps more than 200 others which have gone unseen and unreported. Proposals for the construction of a hardware antisuicide barrier have been challenged with the untested contention that “they'll just go someplace else.” This research tests the contention by describing and evaluating the long‐term mortality experience of the 515 persons who had attempted suicide from the Golden Gate Bridge but were restrained, from the opening day through the year 1971 plus a comparison group of 184 persons who made nonbridge suicide attempts during 1956–57 and were treated at the emergency room of a large metropolitan hospital and were also followed through the close of 1971. Results of the followup study are directed toward answering the important question: “Will a person who is prevented from suicide in one location inexorably tend to attempt and commit suicide e

ISSN:0363-0234    

DOI:10.1111/j.1943-278X.1978.tb00587.x

出版商:Blackwell Publishing Ltd    

年代:1978

数据来源: WILEY

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ABSTRACT:This paper examines the relation of marital separation and divorce to suicide. The persons studied are applicants to the Benjamin Rush Center, the crisis clinic division of the Didi Hirsch Community Mental Health Center/Los Angeles Psychiatric Service. The sample consists of 238 subjects, of whom 39, or 16.4% were suicidal, and 23 had made one or more suicide attempts at some prior date. Those seriously discussing separation, but not actually separated, tended to be less frequently suicidal than the long‐term separated/divorced (.05. 10). The study further examined the relationship of important events and interspouse transactions to suicide potential. Significant associations were found in the relationship of suicide potential to verbal attack by spouse (p =. 03), vacillation in the last two weeks (p =. 02), and vacillation since the first serious discussion of divorce (p =. 02). Several other associations approached statistical significance. The authors believe that the findings in regard to vacillation and interspouse aggression are especially interesting and merit further stud

ISSN:0363-0234    

DOI:10.1111/j.1943-278X.1978.tb00588.x

出版商:Blackwell Publishing Ltd    

年代:1978

数据来源: WILEY

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ABSTRACT:From a population of 662 children 12 years of age and under, seen at the UCLA Neuropsychiatric Institute, during the years 1970 to 1974, 34 severely depressed children were identified who were also self‐abusive and/or suicidal. Case study revealed fragmented, pathological homes, where the children's affect disorders and behaviors were symptomatic of acute family breakdown, marital disharmony, and observed and experienced violence, both verbal and physical. Follow‐up on all available children, at least three years posttreatment, revealed that no child had committed suicide. Treatment evaluation by the parents was highly positive, with the great majority of children showing fair to good recovery and adjustm

ISSN:0363-0234    

DOI:10.1111/j.1943-278X.1978.tb00589.x

出版商:Blackwell Publishing Ltd    

年代:1978

数据来源: WILEY

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ABSTRACT:The rapid rise in suicide among young Blacks in America the past decade is of increasing concern to mental health practitioners and suicidologists. While there are some similarities among suicide attempts by Blacks and Whites, the pattern is that Black suicide attempters are distinctly more youthful. This exploratory study tests the hypothesis that the precipitating events for young Blacks who consider, plan, and attempt suicide is more likely to be “the loss or threatened loss of a love partner in the context of a negative value‐orientation and intragroup pressures” than among Anglo suicide attempters. Specific strategies are recommended that use a family perspective for assisting Blacks who consider, plan and attempt su

ISSN:0363-0234    

DOI:10.1111/j.1943-278X.1978.tb00590.x

出版商:Blackwell Publishing Ltd    

年代:1978

数据来源: WILEY

ISSN:0363-0234    

DOI:10.1111/j.1943-278X.1978.tb00591.x

出版商:Blackwell Publishing Ltd    

年代:1978

数据来源: WILEY

ISSN:0363-0234    

DOI:10.1111/j.1943-278X.1978.tb00592.x

出版商:Blackwell Publishing Ltd    

年代:1978

数据来源: WILEY