title: [The psychopathology of suicidal tendencies].
abstract: Suicidality should not, in consideration of the present studies and the experience gained by the author, be considered a disease 'sui generis', but rather a symptom only. The etiopathogenesis of "nonpsychotic" suicidality is discussed with particular reference to the psychopathology thereof. Acts of suicide are most often part of "lasting affective reactions". In a certain number of cases suicidality is the symptom of an emotional disturbance or functional nervous disease resulting from psychic maldevelopment, which is usually characterized by a relatively small number of general symptoms and where conscious acts are impaired by unconscious conflicts.
mesh_terms: D000342:Affective Symptoms / Q000150:complications; D001604:Berlin; D003220:Conflict, Psychological; D004532:Ego; D004644:Emotions; D006801:Humans; D008149:Love; D009042:Motivation; D009497:Neurotic Disorders / Q000150:complications; D010287:Parent-Child Relations; D013405:Suicide
vernacular_title: Zur Psychopathologie der Suizidalität.