Survivor of Suicide Loss Support Group Facilitators: Do Peers and Professionals Differ?

ABSTRACT

Suicide is a major public health issue affecting countless people each year worldwide. Support groups are one of the few resources available to survivors of suicide loss to aid the healing journey. This study examined differences among support group facilitators based on status as a peer, professional, or peer/professional. Differences emerged among the facilitator types, particularly on attitudes of group effectiveness, the role of sharing stories in the group, when loss survivors should attend, and who should facilitate groups. The results provide important insights about group facilitation differences, though further research is necessary to understand effective approaches. A degree in social work was the most common educational background for facilitators who identified as professionals. As social workers often facilitate groups or work alongside peers in the provision of support groups across a variety of areas, the findings provide insights regarding facilitation differences to which social workers may need to attend.     

Physician-Assisted Suicide and Midwest Social Workers: Where Do They Stand?

ABSTRACT

Physician-assisted suicide (PAS) is explicitly legal in five states and by court decision in one. Legislative bills have been introduced in other states including Minnesota, Iowa, and Wisconsin. This quantitative study was designed to understand Midwest, hospice and palliative care at end-of-life social workers’ attitudes toward PAS, preferred terminology, perception of preparedness for the implementation, and awareness of PAS legislation in their state. Sixty-two social workers from Minnesota, Iowa, and Wisconsin completed an anonymous online survey. The results indicated that over one-half of the participants supported PAS legislation and is consistent with previous research on social workers across the country. While there was a range of perceived preparedness for implementation, a majority felt moderately to very prepared. Professional and personal values as well as professional experience influenced their perceived preparedness. Few social workers had accurate awareness of PAS legislation in their state or had attended workshops/events for further education or as a policy advocate. To practice competently and advocate at all levels of practice, hospice and palliative care at end-of-life social workers’ need to understand their own attitudes and values toward PAS and pursue additional education around this ethical issue.     

论伊莉莎自杀的潜意识取向——《吉尔的妻子》的精神分析

精神分析是对人的精神结构有史以来较为深邃和细致的考察。从精神分析及其精神分裂分析的角度对法国影片《吉尔的妻子》进行文本解读,有助于论证女主角自杀是其自身意想不到的潜意识取向,从而表达对生命的忧虑,并呼吁社会对压迫中的妇女无意识的思考,以及对女性的人文关怀。     

Black adolescents' racial discrimination and suicide behaviors: Testing perceived school safety as a protective moderator

The current study examined associations between Black adolescents' (M_age = 15.55, SD = 1.23) racial discrimination and suicide behaviors (i.e., suicide ideation, suicide plan, and suicide attempts), and whether perceived school safety was a protective moderator. Furthermore, we tested gender differences in relations, which were not significant. Racial discrimination predicted greater suicide behaviors, and school safety informed less suicide behaviors. School safety moderated the relation between discrimination and suicide plan, such that at low school safety, discrimination predicted having a suicide plan but was not significant at high school safety. Furthermore, school safety moderated the relation between discrimination and suicide attempts. At low school safety, discrimination predicted more suicide attempts, but was not significant at high school safety.     

大学生自杀意念与家庭环境因素的相关性研究

目的:探讨大学生自杀意念的发生率及其与家庭环境的关系,为心理干预措施提供参考依据。采用大学生心理健康问卷(UPI)、家庭环境量表中文版(FES-CV)对四川某高校2500名本科学生进行调查。结果是1.87%的本科学生有自杀意念,农村学生自杀意念的出现频率显著高于其他家庭学生;男女分布无显著差异;自杀意念与家庭环境的亲密度、情感表达、知识性、组织性因子呈负相关,与矛盾性因子呈正相关。得出自杀意念与家庭环境因素显著相关,在心理危机干预中应考虑采用家庭干预,以确保干预效果的结论。     

Thoughts and acts of self-harm,and suicidal ideation,in online gamblers

Gambling problems have been linked to suicidal ideation and enhanced risk of suicide attempts. However, we know very little about the factors associated with either thoughts or acts of self-harm amongst people who gamble. A web-based study of 4125 online gamblers (79% males; mean age 35.5 years), analysed using hierarchical multiple regression, revealed that self-reported non-gambling-related self-harm was negatively related to age and marital status, and positively related to problematic alcohol use. Self-reported acts of self-harm both related and unrelated to gambling were associated with drug misuse. Thoughts and acts of gambling-related self-harm were associated with problem gambling, gambling involvement and parental problem gambling. All types of self-harm were associated with mood disorder symptoms, unemployment and certain gambling motivations. When tailoring assessment and interventions for individuals at risk for gambling-related deliberate self-harm, it is important to recognize that contributory factors may include some that differ from those for deliberate self-harm in general, and that there is potential value in evaluating gambling involvement and motivations, and history of parental gambling.     

论中国当代先锋诗歌中的死亡意识

中国当代先锋诗歌对死亡这一特殊的生命现象表现出极大的兴趣.死亡意识在先锋诗歌中主要表现为三种具体的形态一是通过死亡来反思、确证人的生命的价值与意义,对草菅人命的"文革"进行否定与批判;二是将个体死亡与国家、民族命运融为一体,死亡成为民族重获新生的一种神话;三是将死亡作为一种艺术,诗歌成为一种潜在的或实际的自杀行为艺术.     

大学生就业压力、生涯适应力与自杀意念的关系研究

目的：考察生涯适应力在大学生就业压力与自杀意念之间所起的作用。方法：采用大学生就业压力问卷、大学生生涯适应力问卷（CSCAQ）、自杀意念自评量表（SIOSS）,随机抽取河南省和福建省五所高校大三和大四学生360人进行调查。结果：男女大学生在就业压力和自杀意念上存在显著差异（P＜0.05）,大四学生就业压力明显高于大三学生（P＜0.05）;相关分析表明,大学生就业压力与自杀意念呈显著正相关（r=0.398,P＜0.001）、与生涯适应力呈显著负相关（r=-0.180,P＜0.01）,生涯适应力与自杀意念呈显著负相关（r=-0.431,P＜0.001）。结构方程模型分析显示,大学生生涯适应力在大学生就业压力和自杀意念之间存在显著中介作用（P＜0.001）。结论：大学生就业压力存在年级和性别差异,就业压力是自杀意念的一个重要影响因素。加强大学毕业生生涯适应力的培养,可有效降低由就业压力引发的自杀意念。     

农村老年人自杀及其危机干预（1980—2009）

调查显示,农村老年人自杀率在近10年来呈快速上升态势。摆脱疾病痛苦而形成的利己型自杀与因生存困境等而致的绝望型自杀则越来越成为农村老年人自杀的主要类型。在不同的文化区域中,农村老年人自杀的诸项特征呈现出较为明显的分布差异,这些差异性分布与不同区域所在地的社会结构与文化结构有关。同时,农村老年人自杀诸项特征在不同区域中趋同发展的趋势则表明。正式的医疗与养老等制度支持的长期缺位急需纠正和完善,从而缓解农村老年人自杀的危机。     

关于大学生生命教育的意义、内容和方法的新探究

文章通过对大学生自杀案例分析 ,阐述了对大学生进行生命教育在整个学校教育中的重要意义 ,并着重探讨了实施生命教育的内容和方法