| B |
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| Bad feelings |
Suicide grievers' anger that may be directed at therapists or others to displace guilt (Gutheil). |
| Befrienders International |
Nonprofit volunteer organization that works for suicide prevention in 41 countries. |
| Behavioral health |
Inclusive of mental health and substance abuse services. |
Behavioral health
organization |
Provider offering mental health and/or substance abuse services. |
| Behavioral medicine |
Application of social and behavioral factors in health promotion/disease prevention. |
| Behavioral therapy |
Application of learning principles to modify problem thoughts and/or behaviors. |
| Beneficence |
Ethical duty to help others, or to protect them from or minimize harm. |
| Bereaved |
State of being in grief; grieving individual(s). |
| Bereavement |
Process of grieving unique to each person. |
| Biobehavioral |
Emotional, cognitive, and social factors accounting for normal functioning. |
| Biochemical |
Substance occurring naturally in the body; see neurochemicals. |
| Bioethics |
Branch of ethics concerned with medical research and care. |
| Biological theory |
Physiological and neurochemical variables contribute to suicide risk. |
| Biomarker |
See marker. |
| Biomedical therapy |
Treatment of with medications and electro-convulsive therapy. |
| Bloodless means |
Toxic substances, drowning, hanging, suffocation. |
| Brief depression |
Severe episode last a week or less with high suicide attempt potential. |
| Brief reactive disorder |
Short-term condition with high self-harm risk. |
