Caring for the Suicidal Person

2021 ◽  
pp. 201-215
Author(s):  
Alma Lucindo Jimenez ◽  
Constantine D. Della ◽  
Angeline Monica A. Arcenas ◽  
Katrina Therese R. Esling
Keyword(s):  
Suicidal Person

Zur Phänomenologie der Suizidalität

2005 ◽  
Vol 2005 (1) ◽  
pp. 269-284 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jan E. Schlimme
Keyword(s):  
The Other ◽  
Other Hand ◽  
Suicidal Person ◽  
Life Itself ◽  
The One

The borderlines of the current psychiatric and psychological discourses concerning suicidality are ascertained when asked: What is it like to be suicidal? A phenomenological understanding concerning this question presents to us the paradox of suicidality. The suicidal person lives in a contradiction with himself. On the one hand there is the basal feeling of despair and inevitable helpless insufferability, showing life itself as a destructive force. On the other hand the extinguishing of ones own life appears as a salvation, showing death itself as a release not found in life. Indeed the paradox of suicidality – the contradictory meanings of annihilation and salvation – appears incontrovertible and cannot be solved in suicidality, for this requires either the experience of overcoming suicidality or the act of suicide itself.

Is the Gender of a Suicide Note Writer Associated with Judgments Made about the Suicide?

1995 ◽  
Vol 81 (1) ◽  
pp. 50-50
Author(s):  
David Lester
Keyword(s):  
Mental Illness ◽  
Undergraduate Students ◽  
Suicidal Person ◽  
Emotional Upset ◽  
Suicide Note

The gender of a suicide note writer did not affect 44 undergraduate students' judgments of the emotional upset, mental illness, likelihood of death, or rationality of the suicidal person.

Pastoral counseling of the potential suicidal person

1966 ◽  
Vol 16 (10) ◽  
pp. 46-52
Author(s):  
Earl A. Grollman
Keyword(s):  
Pastoral Counseling ◽  
Suicidal Person

Let's talk about suicide: Primary prevention programmes focusing on youth, elderly and media

2011 ◽  
Vol 26 (S2) ◽  
pp. 1650-1650
Author(s):  
A. Tančič Grum ◽  
V. Poštuvan ◽  
S. Roškar
Keyword(s):  
School Counselors ◽  
Suicide Prevention ◽  
Suicide Rate ◽  
Elderly Population ◽  
Risk Groups ◽  
Family Doctors ◽  
Suicidal Person ◽  
Prevention Programmes ◽  
Practical Guidelines ◽  
Very High

IntroductionSlovenia is a country with a very high suicide rate. Unfortunately, there is a lack of primary suicide prevention programmes.ObjectivesOur main objective was to develop suicide prevention programmes, which would decrease suicide rate in Slovenia. We would achieve that by increasing awareness and knowledge of different professionals, who address or come in contact with the most vulnerable risk groups.MethodsFirstly we identified school counselors, family doctors and media as professionals to target. School counselors have an important gatekeeper’s role in youth suicide prevention and family doctors are of a similar importance for elderly population. Besides, media has a significant influence on any at-risk person regarding suicide prevention. Secondly, we prepared manuals with practical guidelines: for school counselors - how to recognize and deal with suicidal youth, for family doctors - how to recognize and treat depression and suicidal behavior among elderly, and for media representatives - how to responsibly report about suicide. Lastly, we performed 1-day workshops for all gatekeepers’ groups covering the contents of the manuals.ResultsAll the initiatives received highly positive expert-reviews and a lot of encouraging feedbacks from participants. An evaluation with pre-post questionnaire showed that participants’ feelings of competency in dealing with suicidal person have improved after the involvement in programmes’ workshops and reading the manuals.ConclusionsExperiences showed that primary suicide prevention programmes are highly appreciated and we believe that is necessary to continue and deepen the work in this area also in the future.

On suicide-related reasoning of a suicidal person

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Tam-Tri Le
Keyword(s):  
Suicidal Person

I give some brief comments on the subjective rationality in suicidal persons.

Family psychoeducation after a suicide attempt

2021 ◽  
pp. 521-528
Author(s):  
Karolina Krysinska ◽  
Karl Andriessen
Keyword(s):  
At Risk ◽  
Suicide Attempt ◽  
Family Involvement ◽  
Psychosocial Interventions ◽  
Family Carers ◽  
Family Psychoeducation ◽  
The Family ◽  
Suicidal Person ◽  
The Impact ◽  
Psychoeducational Interventions

Family can play an important role in supporting a person at-risk of suicide, as well as through treatment and recovery after a suicide attempt. This text provides an overview of the impact a suicide attempt can have on the family and the needs of family carers. Examples of psychosocial interventions for people, mostly adolescents, who have made a suicide attempt and their families are presented along with psychoeducational materials developed for family carers, whose emotional proximity may hinder and/or facilitate engagement with the suicidal person. Although several interventions are promising, further research into the effectiveness of psychoeducational interventions and family involvement after a suicide attempt is warranted.

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