PSYCH-230 Chapter Notes - Chapter 1: Psych, Disconnection
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Committed by those who have few ties to family, society, or community. Feel alienated from others and cut off from the social supports that are important to keep them functioning adaptively as social beings. Feel very much a part of a group and sacri ce themselves for what they take to be the goodof society. Buddhist monks and nuns in protest of the ghting during vietnam war. May be triggered by a sudden change in a persons relationship to society. Efforts to make amends for perceived past wrongs. Desire or need to escape from stress, deformity, pain, or emotional vacuum the desire to rejoin a dead loved one. People who contemplate or commit suicide are ambivalent. Communicate their intention as a cry for help or withdrawal from others. Childhood sexual abuse is a potent predisposing risk factor. Strongly associated with suicide intent and attempts, especially among women. Some suicides arise from a strong desire to escape from aversive self-awareness.
