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Collaborating to prevent suicide: a clinical-research perspective.
1Department of Psychology, The Catholic University of America, Washington, DC 20064, USA.
Suicide & Life-Threatening Behavior
|April 27, 2000
Summary
Suicidality is a relational phenomenon, influenced by key relationships that can both cause and prevent suicide. New clinical approaches objectify suicidal states for better assessment and treatment.
Area of Science:
- Psychology
- Clinical Psychology
- Suicidology
Background:
- Suicidality is fundamentally a relational phenomenon.
- Key relationships can paradoxically contribute to or prevent suicidal behavior.
- Clinical practice with suicidal patients highlights the importance of relational dynamics.
Observation:
- Effective clinical practice can be hindered by issues related to suicidality.
- A new paradigm in clinical suicidology is emerging.
- This paradigm objectifies suicidality and emphasizes the phenomenology of suicidal states.
Findings:
- The emerging paradigm offers an increasingly empirical perspective.
- It is developing improved methods for assessing suicidal conditions.
- It is creating better ways to treat suicidal conditions.
Implications:
- This new approach enhances the understanding of suicidality.
- It provides a framework for more effective clinical interventions.
- It signifies progress in the empirical study and treatment of suicide.