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Abnormal Psych Exam 2--Suicide
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Psychology
Undergraduate 1
02/27/2012

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Term
suicide
Definition
permanent solution to a temporary problem
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sex difference in suicide
Definition
-women-3X more likely to attempt, normally use drugs/overdose
-men-4X more likely to complete-normally use gun
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who is a risk?
Definition
-adults over 65 (85% men)
-chrnoically ill
-teens
Term
-fastest growing group of suicides
-highest rate of suicides (ethnic)
-highest rate of suicide
Definition
-african american males
-native american males
-gay-lesbian
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suicide as function of sex and age
Definition
men=jump up at 75
-women=peak around age 45
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4 types of suicide
Definition
-altruistic
-egoistic
-fatalistic
-anomic
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altruistic
Definition
-really excessively engaged in social networld-individual personality has been lost
-suicide bomber
-kills to relive burden
Term
egoistic
Definition
-feels detached from group-depressed and sad
-involuntarily divorced
-analytic/sociotropic
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fatalistic
Definition
-someone who feels their means of expressing themselves is being supressed by society
-gay or lesbian
-introjective/autonomic
-cultures making people kill themselves because they didn't achieve goal
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anomic
Definition
-under regulation by society, person feels meaningless
-Kurt Kobain-felt his music and him was meaningless
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commonalities of suicide
Definition
-stresser
-stimulus
-cognitive state
-emotion
-perceptual state
-purpose
-action
-gaol
-interpersonal act
-pattern
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stressor
Definition
frusterated psychological needs-can be internal or external
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stimulus
Definition
unbearable psychological pain
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coive state
Definition
ambivalence-sincere wish to die and sincere wish to be rescued from death
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emotion
Definition
hoplessness/helplessness-can't do anything in face of pain
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perceptual state
Definition
constriction--all they can see is pain
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purose
Definition
to seek a solution
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action
Definition
escape
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goal
Definition
stop feeling, stop being consciiousness
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interpersonal act
Definition
communication of intention--interpersonal behavior
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pattern
Definition
consistnecy of lifelong styles
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suicide risk factors
Definition
-previose suicide attempts
-psychological/physical illness
-cultural/religios beliefs
-impusivity/agressivness
-child abuse/neglect
-significant loss
-knowing another who has commited suicide
-allienation/isolation
-hopelessness
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suicide protective factors
Definition
-effective care for psychological disorders -easy access to a variety of clinical interventions -support for help seeks -life skills -cultural and religios beliefs
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suicide assement
Definition
SHALP
-suicidality: intent to die -plan: what is your plan? -accessibility: means to bring about plan? -lethality: will plan work? -hoplessness: another option?
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