[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.
Klinik für Psychiatrie, Psychotherapie und Psychosomatik, Bezirkskrankenhaus, Nordring 2, 95445, Bayreuth, Germany. manfred.wolfersdorf@bezirkskrankenhaus-bayreuth.de
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D006801:Humans; D011613:Psychotherapy / Q000639:trends*; D013405:Suicide / Q000523:psychology / Q000706:statistics & numerical data* / Q000639:trends; D000092864:Suicide Prevention