Holliman‚ B.D.‚ Grenco‚ E.‚ Foster‚ J.E.‚ Pease‚ J.L. (2016). How Veterans Health Administration Suicide Prevention Coordinators Assess Suicide Risk. Clinical psychology & psychotherapy‚ DOI: 10.1002/cpp.2011 Purpose: The purpose of this article was to evaluate if the practices used by Suicide Prevention Coordinators (SPCs)‚ part of the Veterans Health Administration‚ are effective. The study aimed to detect what features the SPCs consider most concerning during their assessment of the veterans
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great number of terminal patients pursue suicide not because they are ill‚ but due to the fact that they are depressed. Assisted suicide should not be allowed because a percentage of the people who are killed are those who could have been treated for depression. A recent study conducted in Oregon of people who killed themselves by assisted suicide revealed that one in every six people were found to be suffering from severe cases of depression. Another study also showed one-in-four patients who requested
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A case study that I’m doing is the mass suicide in Jonestown plotted by a cult leader Jim Jones. SInce Jim Jones was young he studied Joseph Stalin‚ Karl Marx‚ Adolf Hitler and many other leaders‚ trying to find out everything. He was different as a child compared to other children‚ he was obsessed with different religions and deaths. In 1952 Jones became a student pastor at Somerset Methodist Church‚ he had a reputation for a healer and an evangelist. Not a lot of people like him for trying to have
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famously known theorists are Emile Durkheim‚ Max Weber‚ and Karl Marx. Each studied and viewed social behavior in a way they believed was the way it should be viewed. They developed theories‚ created influential pieces of writings‚ taught how to look at society in a broader prospective‚ and much more. The findings of these men changed the way we look at society today and their contributions to this social science provide alternate ways of understanding it. Emile Durkheim came up with a theory to view
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CRIMES REASEARCH PAPER Criminalization of Attempt to Suicide Nishant Jain Section C Introduction Whoever attempts to end his life but unfortunately fails to end it is liable for punishment. The offence is punishable under Section 309 of Indian Penal Code‚ a self contained section prescribing punishment. Section 309 of the Indian Penal Code reads as: “Whoever attempts to commit suicide and does any act towards the commission of such offence shall be punished with simple imprisonment for a term
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Physician Assisted Suicide Should a person with a terminal illness be allowed to die with dignity‚ taking their own life with the help of a medical doctor? Many people believe that physicians should maintain a person’s life as long as possible. Dying patients and their doctors have the right to choose to discontinue any treatment that serves no purpose except to delay an inevitable death. Euthanasia is intentionally ending a life to relieve pain and suffering. According to Carrie Snyder‚ “As
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back as 1950’s. Since then the number of suicides per year has continually increased. In the year 1968 118 children aged 5-14 commit suicide in the U.S.‚ currently as of 2016 it is estimated that the annual number of teens/youths committing suicide each year between the ages of 10 and 24 is 4‚600. The amount of suicides per year has increased to occur 40 times as many times as it did 50 years ago. The cause for the increase may however may not be what it seems. The results of a study of suicidal behavior
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Psychology Final Jan. 2000 Correlation Between Drug Use and Suicide America’s on-going drug abuse epidemic continues into this millennium ‚ and there are many social problems linked to drug use‚ including suicide. The disparity of daily life in suburbs or the inner cities are why many people have fallen into their reliance on drugs‚ including alcohol. Patros and Shamoo (1989) describe the abuse of drugs and alcohol as a "slow form of suicide." But many drug abusers choose to end their life before
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YOUTH SUICIDE IN INDIA Dedication To those who have lost their lives by suicide‚ To those who struggle with thoughts of suicide‚ To those who have made an attempt on their lives‚ To those caring for someone who struggles‚ To those left behind after a death by suicide‚ To those in recovery‚ and To all those who work tirelessly to prevent suicide and suicide attempts in our nation. We believe that we can and we will make a difference. Contents 1. Introduction 2.1 Understanding suicide
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society. * To evaluate how Kautilya Arthashastra provides for welfare state in ancient India. * To know about the elements of state and foreign policy in ancient India as devised by Kautilya in his masterpiece Arthashastra Brief Summary Kautaliya ’s Arthashastra (322-298BC) is a brilliant and comprehensive treatise on all aspects of domestic politics‚ international relations‚ intelligence and good governance. This gives a more detailed picture of statecraft. Kautilya was the chief mentor and a minister
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