Suicidal and counter-suicidal thinking

Abstract

survey of 326 individuals found that 66% had considered suicide at some time in their lives, 9% had seri-A ously contemplated suicide, and 7% had attempted suicide. One-third reported thinking about suicide during the previous 12 months, while 20% believed that suicide would solve Perr, I.N. (1979). Legal aspects of suicide. In L.D. Habkoff & B. Einsidler (Eds.), Suicide: Theory and clinical aspects (pp. 99-101). Littleton, MA: PSG Publishing. Phillips, D. P. (1979). Suicide. motor vehicle fatalities, and the mass media: Evidence toward a theory of suggestion.

A Transactional Analysis Perspective on Suicide Risk Assessment

“…They do not have to resist the temptation of suicide as a solution; it is just not contemplated, at least in any significant way. Almost everyone at some point has wondered what would it be like to commit suicide, but for those who have not accepted the Don't Exist injunction, this only remains a fleeting thought and is never seriously considered (Steele & McLennan, 1995). As mentioned earlier, 50% of depressed people have no suicidal ideation.…”

Young Adults' Suicide Related Knowledge and Attitudes: Implications for suicide awareness education

“…Suicide attempts are even more prevalent than completions, with estimates ranging between 50 to 200 attempts for every actual suicide (Orbach & Bar-Joseph, 1993;Steele & McLennan, 1995). Culp, Clyman and Culp (1995) surveyed a sample of high school students and found 6% had attempted suicide, while 33% had reported some degree of suicide ideation.…”