Grief and loss among Eskimos attempting suicide in western Alaska
| Autor: | Gregory Rj |
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| Rok vydání: | 1994 |
| Předmět: |
Gerontology
Adult Male medicine.medical_specialty media_common.quotation_subject Population Poison control Suicide Attempted Suicide prevention Injury prevention medicine Humans Risk factor Psychiatry education Depression (differential diagnoses) media_common education.field_of_study Suicide attempt business.industry Psychiatry and Mental health Inuit Grief Female business Alaska |
| Zdroj: | The American journal of psychiatry. 151(12) |
| ISSN: | 0002-953X |
| Popis: | Data were collected prospectively from psychiatric evaluations performed on 53 consecutive Eskimos in the Bering Strait region who attempted suicide. Depressive diagnoses were common (N = 49). Thirty-seven (70%) of the attempts were preceded by a recent interpersonal loss. Sixty percent of the patients had lost a parent during childhood. Poor affective relatedness, especially around issues of loss, was noted in most of the patients. Thus, both multiple losses and limited grieving mechanisms may be important risk factors for attempted suicide in this population. Language: en |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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