[Suicidality].
Suicidality has always been a part of human history. No thinking or behavior has however gone through such a range of judgments in the course of time. As a "medical-psychosocial paradigm" suicidality now involves a wide range of medical, psychosocial, theologic, and philosophic fields. For dealing psychiatrically with suicidal patients as part of a psychosocial, psychotherapeutic treatment method, a summary is presented of forms, epidemiology, models of development and etiopathogenesis, and the prevention and therapy of suicidal behavior.
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Klinik für Psychiatrie, Psychotherapie und Psychosomatik, Bezirkskrankenhaus, Nordring 2, 95445, Bayreuth, Germany. manfred.wolfersdorf@bezirkskrankenhaus-bayreuth.de
D006801:Humans; D011613:Psychotherapy / Q000639:trends*; D013405:Suicide / Q000523:psychology / Q000706:statistics & numerical data* / Q000639:trends; D000092864:Suicide Prevention