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The ethics of suicide and suicide prevention
Death Studies, 1996Is suicide ever a defensible choice, particularly for the terminally ill? The present article debates this difficult question, examining the relevance of such issues as the morality, rationality, and dynamics of the suicidal act, and the legitimacy of physician-assisted suicide.
D, Lester, A A, Leenaars
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Journal of Psychiatric Practice, 2010
About 35,000 people commit suicide every year in the United States. Almost all are seriously, but treatably, mentally ill. Most come to the attention of a physician, in an emergency room, primary practice setting, or psychiatric hospital or office, during the days, weeks or months before they die.
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About 35,000 people commit suicide every year in the United States. Almost all are seriously, but treatably, mentally ill. Most come to the attention of a physician, in an emergency room, primary practice setting, or psychiatric hospital or office, during the days, weeks or months before they die.
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JAMA: The Journal of the American Medical Association, 1973
To the Editor.— In recent years, suicide prevention centers have proliferated in the United States, but as yet there is little evidence to indicate that they have significantly affected the suicide rate. 1 The most direct way of testing this effect is to compare the suicide rate in communities before and after the opening of such a center.
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To the Editor.— In recent years, suicide prevention centers have proliferated in the United States, but as yet there is little evidence to indicate that they have significantly affected the suicide rate. 1 The most direct way of testing this effect is to compare the suicide rate in communities before and after the opening of such a center.
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Emergency Nurse, 2011
Suicide accounts for approximately 5,000 deaths annually in England and Wales and research has suggested that the emergency department (ED) may be a setting for the provision of effective suicide prevention.
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Suicide accounts for approximately 5,000 deaths annually in England and Wales and research has suggested that the emergency department (ED) may be a setting for the provision of effective suicide prevention.
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Suicide prevention by suicide detection
Psychosomatics, 1979Abstract Suicide prevention is based on detection followed by intervention. Detection is accomplished by being aware of known high-risk factors when interviewing patients, and keeping these in mind as high indices for potential suicide. These high-risk factors include: history of previous treatment for emotional problems; present depressive disorder,
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Suicide is preventable, sometimes
Australasian Psychiatry, 2012Objective: The objective was to examine the assumption that suicide is inevitably preventable. Conclusions: Suicide may not always be avoidable.
Garry, Walter, Saxby, Pridmore
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Suicide: causes and prevention
Hospital Medicine, 2004Approximately 5000 individuals complete suicide in England and Wales every year, a rate of around 10 per 100 000 per year (Appleby et al, 2001). There are an additional 800 suicide deaths each year in Scotland which has an even higher suicide rate. Suicide is a major cause of premature mortality and is now the commonest cause of death in young men. The
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Suicide, suicidality and suicide prevention in affective disorders
Acta Psychiatrica Scandinavica, 2003Objective: It is well known that functional psychiatric disorders are one of the main causes of suicidal behaviour. This paper discusses the epidemiology and risk factors of suicidal behaviour in affective disorders and goes on to describe the treatment and prevention of such suicidal behaviour.Method: A narrative overview of relevant epidemiological
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The Ethics of Suicide Prevention
International Journal of Applied Philosophy, 1994Les arguments appuyant le fait que tout suicide devrait etre empeche ne sont pas soutenables.
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