Exam 3: Chapters 8, 10, 11 Flashcards
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How many people die by suicide each year in the US?
49,000
How do suicide death rates differ between men and women? (specific __x rate)
Men die by suicide at 4x the rate of women
How do suicide attempt rates differ between men and women? (specific __x rate)
Women attempt suicide at 2x the rate of men
Which age group has the largest proportional amount of suicides?
Elderly men. (it is a small group and suicides are common, making it the largest proportionally).
Death seeker
Intend to end life at time of suicide, single purpose, short and sudden
Death initiator
Intend to end life at time of suicide, single purpose, short and sudden BUT believe process of death is already underway and they are hastening the process (often elderly)
Death ignorer
Don’t believe self-inflicted death means the end of existance. “next life” (often children, cult)
Death darers
Mixed/ambiguous feelings about intent to die, even at moment of attempt (Russian roulette)
Do people who perform NSSI intend to die?
No
How is suicide studied?
Retrospective: Learning about the person after their suicide. OR Studying people who survive attempt.
How does the risk of suicide change as a person recovers from depression?
Risk increases because individual now has energy and willpower to potentially take actions.
What is a parasuicide?
A suicide attempt
More devought people are…
Less likely to commit suicide
The races that suicide is highest in the US
White Americans and American Indians
What triggers a suicide?
Stressful events and situations, serious illness/injury, social isolation, abusive/repressive environment, occupational stress, mood and thought changes, alcohol or drug use.
Brad works in an unskilled position. Jamie works in a skilled position. All else being equal, ____ is more likely to commit suicide due to occupational stress.
Brad (unskilled position)
What mood and thought changes are associated with suicide
Saddness, preoccupied with problems, hopelessness, dichotomous thinking.
x% people are intoxicated at time of suicide. x% consume at time of suicide.
20% intoxicated, 70% consume
How can suicide be contagious?
Modeling, when people obeserve/read about/know someone who dies by suicide, their risk of suicide increases.
Psychodynamic perspective on suicide
Suicide is anger and depression toward others redirected at self. Loss leads to incorporating the lost person into identity. Thanatus = death instinct.
Support for Psychodynamic theory of suicide
Relationship between childhood loss and later suicide. Less suicide during wars (redirecting death instinct at others)
Durkheim’s Sociocultural perspective on suicide
Chance of suicide is determined by how attached a person is to social groups. More belonging -> lower suicide risk.
Egoistic suicide
Carried out by people whom society has little/no control (person has no concern for norms, not integrated into society).
Fatalistic suicide
People whose lives are over regulated, have no individual control
