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Suicide Attempts as Social Goal‐Directed Systems of Joint Careers, Projects, and Actions
Author(s) -
Valach Ladislav,
Michel Konrad,
Young R. A.,
Dey P.
Publication year - 2006
Publication title -
suicide and life‐threatening behavior
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.544
H-Index - 90
eISSN - 1943-278X
pISSN - 0363-0234
DOI - 10.1521/suli.2006.36.6.651
Subject(s) - argumentative , action (physics) , psychology , joint (building) , process (computing) , social psychology , applied psychology , engineering , political science , architectural engineering , physics , quantum mechanics , computer science , law , operating system
In the present study we examined to what extent persons who attempt suicide describe their attempt in terms of social, joint processes. Psychotherapists interviewed 40 patients hospitalized in a general hospital for a few days after an attempted suicide. The content of the interviews was analyzed for the level of systemic processes the patients referred to (that is, action, project, and career). The most common processes to which the patients referred were relationship careers and projects and conflicts and argumentative actions. Our analysis indicates that a social process can be found at all levels of the patient's organization of the suicide attempt, within a system of goal‐directed action, project, and career.