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Predicament suicide: an update

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posted on 2023-05-18, 16:32 authored by Saxby PridmoreSaxby Pridmore, Auchincloss, S, Walter, G

Objective: We aim to outline the notion of predicament suicide and progress in the field.

Conclusion: The term predicament suicide was initially applied when the individual without mental disorder completed suicide to escape intolerable circumstances. Subsequently, painful untreated or unresponsive mental disorder was conceptualized as an internal predicament and the term was applied to all suicide. It continues to be used in both the restricted and broad forms. Our group has substantiated the restricted form by describing suicide in the setting of financial loss, forced marriage and other predicaments. The broad form gave rise to the Operationalized Predicaments of Suicide tool for use in quantitative research. Some literature from other workers supports the general thrust of the notion.

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Publication title

Australasian Psychiatry

Volume

23

Issue

4

Pagination

411- 414

ISSN

1039-8562

Department/School

Tasmanian School of Medicine

Publisher

Sage Publications Ltd.

Place of publication

United Kingdom

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Copyright 2015 The Royal Australian and New Zealand College of Psychiatrists

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Mental health

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