The blame of dying young

Appleton, William S.

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“…(1) The last straw -cluster theory, bereavement mortality, coping with disaster (Rees & Lutkins, 1967;Bennet, 1970;Hinkle & Wolff, 1957) (2) Predilection (Weisman & Hackett, 1961) (3) Scared to death (Barker, 1968;Elkinton, 1971) (4) Self-willed death (Milton, 1973) (5) The blame of dying young (Appleton, 1975) (6) The affect of hopelessness -the giving up/given up complex (Schmale & Iker, 1966;Engel, 1968Engel, , 1971) (7) Severity of neurosis (Sims, 1973) the elderly a birthday may in some subtle way influence the general morale of an individual. Bunch & Barraclough (1971) showed that more than the expected number of suicides killed themselves at a time near to the anniversary of a parent's death.…”

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“…There is often an unusual attitude to death among the survivors observing a person who dies young. They appear to ascribe blame to him as if the death was his fault and could have been prevented by good work, diet and health habits (Appleton, 1975). Schmale & Iker (1966) and Engel (1968Engel ( , 1971) have described the affect of hopelessness or the giving up/given up complex.…”

Section: Psychological Hypothesesmentioning

confidence: 99%

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Hypotheses linking neuroses with premature mortality

Sims

1978

Psychol. Med.

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SYNOPSISThe death risk for psychiatric patients has decreased over the last 30 years but still remains higher than that of the general population. The death risk for patients with a diagnosis of neurosis is higher than that for the general population. Previous studies are enlisted to investigate this mortality for socio-economic characteristics, alcohol and drug abuse, psychopathy and accident proneness. Possible psychosomatic aetiology of disease and subsequent death is examined. Psychological theories for premature death are discussed and some recommendations made for future areas of enquiry.

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