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ABSTRACT:It has been argued that suicide relates to a diminished residual capacity to promote inclusive fitness, defined as the welfare and reproduction of self and kin. The present study examined whether this relationship is reflected in suicidal and sub‐suicidal ideation in the general population. A questionnaire concerning parameters of inclusive fitness, suicidal ideation and experience, and attitudes toward the value of life was distributed to samples of the general public and university undergraduates. Analyses indicated significant moderate relationships between inclusive fitness and suicidal ideation in both samples. Among items most strongly related to reported suicidal ideation were expectations of poor future health, perceptions of being burdensome, and unstable heterosexual relationships, with importance of other factors depending on ag

ISSN:0363-0234    

DOI:10.1111/j.1943-278X.1984.tb00339.x

出版商:Blackwell Publishing Ltd    

年代:1984

数据来源: WILEY

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ABSTRACT:The crucial concept for defining suicide is intention. A major purpose of the psychological autopsy is to clarify the pre‐mortem intentions of the victim, now deceased. This article reports cases in which the issue of suicide vs. accident came to trial because insurance benefits were at issue. Currently, the courts, in considering to what extent mental disorders impair the capacity for intentional self destruction, evaluate each case independently according to its own unique set of fact

ISSN:0363-0234    

DOI:10.1111/j.1943-278X.1984.tb00340.x

出版商:Blackwell Publishing Ltd    

年代:1984

数据来源: WILEY

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ABSTRACT:Crisis interventionists frequently confront a moral dilemma when violating client trust seems necessary if self‐destructive behavior is to be prevented. Two fundamental moral values conflict in such cases: concern for client welfare and respect for client rights and autonomy. Each of these values is grounded in one of two important Western ethical traditions: Utilitarianism and Kantian Formalism, respectively. Following critical examination of each of these theories, attention is given to a series of hypothetical cases involving the confidentiality dilemm

ISSN:0363-0234    

DOI:10.1111/j.1943-278X.1984.tb00341.x

出版商:Blackwell Publishing Ltd    

年代:1984

数据来源: WILEY

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ABSTRACT:The case records of 29 mentally disordered offenders who committed suicide in a state hospital were reviewed. Information was collected on demographic and clinical characteristics; time, method and location of the suicides; and the presence of suicide indicators. Comparisons were made between the characteristics of the suicide patients and those of the current hospital population. Major findings were: 80 percent of the suicides were committed by psychotic patients and 66 percent were by patients with diagnoses which included paranoia; 48 percent of the suicide patients had been charged with or convicted of murder or attempted murder; most suicides occurred in individual patient rooms; nearly 50 percent of the patients had a history of suicide attempts; and other common indicators of suicide risk were often masked by psychotic symptomatology. Several recommendations for identifying and managing potentially suicidal patients in this population are presented.

ISSN:0363-0234    

DOI:10.1111/j.1943-278X.1984.tb00342.x

出版商:Blackwell Publishing Ltd    

年代:1984

数据来源: WILEY

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ABSTRACT:In light of recent evidence that suicide intervention workers may experience greater fear of death than the general population, the present study examined the death anxiety of interventionists and its relation to skill in responding to suicidal clients. A sample of 109 suicide prevention workers from three independent crisis centers were administered the Death Anxiety Scale (Templer, 1970) and the Suicide Intervention Response Inventory (Neimeyer&MacInnes, 1981). Compared to 109 matched controls, the interventionists were found to have significantlylowerdeath anxiety, thereby reversing the earlier finding. Moreover, no linear or curvilinear relationship between death anxiety and suicide counseling skill could be identified. Together, these results give some justification to the traditional neglect of death concern as a factor in screening or training crisis intervention personnel.

ISSN:0363-0234    

DOI:10.1111/j.1943-278X.1984.tb00343.x

出版商:Blackwell Publishing Ltd    

年代:1984

数据来源: WILEY

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ABSTRACT:An analysis of the suicide rates of successive birth cohorts in the USA indicated that male birth cohorts were characterized by a given suicide rate (low, average or high) throughout their life. In contrast, female birth cohorts varied during their life, with those having a higher suicide rate early in their life having a lower one twenty years later, and vice‐vers

ISSN:0363-0234    

DOI:10.1111/j.1943-278X.1984.tb00344.x

出版商:Blackwell Publishing Ltd    

年代:1984

数据来源: WILEY

ISSN:0363-0234    

DOI:10.1111/j.1943-278X.1984.tb00345.x

出版商:Blackwell Publishing Ltd    

年代:1984

数据来源: WILEY