PSY 3132 Lecture Notes - Suicide Prevention, Rugby Football League, Anomie
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Electroconvulsive therapy: ect is being used with increased frequency in canada and elsewhere. Drug therapy: drugs are the most commonly used treatments biological or otherwise for mood disorders, there is evidence of a better response among people with higher levels of social support. Ssris have the advantage of producing fewer side effects: antidepressent meds are often used in combination with some kind of psychotherapy. Thus it is recommended that lithium be used continuously. Treatment for sad: exposure to bright, white light (known as phototherapy) is a highly effective treatment for. Suicide was not condemned in western thought until the fourth century, when saint augustine proclaimed it a crime because it violated the sixth commandment, thou salt not kill. Rather there is an intent to give the appearance of an attempt in order to communicate with others: suicide: involves behaviours intended to cause death and death actually occurs.