Short Essay Assignment

For Chapter 12: Suicide, discuss two of the six questions below. In your submission, identify by number which questions you are answering.

1. Evaluate the four definitions of suicide given in the text.

2. Summarize the four types of suicide in the sociological model postulated by Émile Durkheim.

3. Describe the psychological model of suicide with attention to the role of ambivalence and its implications for caregivers.

4. Differentiate between intentioned, unintentioned, and subintentioned deaths, identifying at least two specific patterns in each category.

5. Describe the influences of the sociocultural environment on suicidal behavior, both positive and negative.

6. Assume that you are confronted by a person who tells you he or she is contemplating suicide. Make a list of the information you would like to obtain and discuss your plan of action for responding.