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Journal of Social History 46.3 (2013): 620-632. Argues Suicide” is a modern concept—emerging in English in 1650s and in French and Spanish in late 18th century. Crocker, Lester G. "The discussion of suicide in the eighteenth century." Journal of the History of Ideas (1952): 13#1 pp 47–72. online; Gambotto, Antonella (2004).
Genetics might influence rates of suicide. A family history of suicide, especially in the mother, affects children more than adolescents or adults. [78] Adoption studies have shown that this is the case for biological relatives, but not adopted relatives. This makes familial risk factors unlikely to be due to imitation. [36]
Jerome Motto (October 16, 1921 – January 4, 2015) was an American psychiatrist who conducted the first suicide prevention intervention that reduced deaths by suicide, as proven through a randomized controlled trial. [1]
There is evidence that long-term lithium therapy reduces suicide in individuals with bipolar disorder or major depressive disorder. [7] Electroconvulsive therapy (ECT), or shock therapy, rapidly decreases suicidal thinking. [7] The choice of treatment approach is based on the patient's presenting symptoms and history.
Most suicidologists think about the history of suicide in terms of courts, church, press, morals, and society. [ citation needed ] In Ancient Greece , there were several opinions about suicide. It was tolerated and even lauded when committed by patricians (generals and philosophers) but condemned if committed by plebeians (common people) or slaves.
Bruce Simpson tried to kill himself in early 2023. His first-person account of how he went from a dark place to treatment and thriving is the newest cover story for the ABA Journal.
Norman Louis Farberow (February 12, 1918 – September 10, 2015) was an American psychologist, and one of the founding fathers of modern suicidology. [1] He was among the three founders in 1958 of the Los Angeles Suicide Prevention Center, which became a base of research into the causes and prevention of suicide.
1. Driving a person to suicide or to make a suicide attempt by way of threatening, cruel treatment or systematic humiliation of the human dignity of a victim, shall be punished by restriction of freedom for a period up to three years, or by deprivation of freedom for the same period. 2.