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| E-coding |
Standardized medical reporting codes for injury and illness. See icd-9. |
| Egoistic suicide |
Type caused by lack of social ties (Durkheim). |
| Egotic suicide |
Caused by an intrapersonal problem (Shneidman). |
| Eldercide |
See elder suicide. |
| Elder suicide |
Completion of suicide by an individual age 65 or over. |
Electroconvulsive therapy
(ECT) |
Electrical current applied to the brain in treatment of extreme depression/suicidality. |
EMDR (eye movement desens-
itization & reprocessing) |
New psychotherapy for grief/pain/PSTD. |
| Emotional pain |
See psychological pain. |
| Endogenous depression |
Organically-based disorder. |
| End-of-life care |
Services of supportive nature for the terminally ill. |
| Endorphins |
Natural morphine-like substances in the body. |
| Enkephalin |
Opioid analgesic occurring naturally in the body. |
| Enshrinement |
Idealization of a dead child by the parent(s). |
| Epidemiology |
Study of nature, cause, and frequency of disease. |
| Equivocal death |
Indeterminate cause (suicide vs. other). |
| Ethics |
Principles guiding decisions and behavior. |
| Ethical code |
See code of ethics. |
| Ethical dilemma |
Situation in which an individual faces conflicting obligations. |
| Ethical duty |
See duty. |
| Ethical problem |
Interpersonal or organizational issue with ethical aspects. |
| Etiology |
The cause of a disease, disorder, or other phenomenon. |
| Eulogy |
Remarks on behalf of the recently deceased. |
| Euthanasia |
("Good death") death caused by other than the deceased to relieve suffering. |
| Everyperson intervention |
Basic caring about a suicidal individual by a concerned lay person (Rickgairn). |
| Existential suicide |
Completing suicide because "life isn't worth it." |
| Expendable child syndrome |
Adolescent belief that parents want her/him dead. |
| Experimental action |
Gradual progression to a lethal act by an ambivalent suicidal individual (Clark). |
| Experimental study |
Research design with randomized control groups. |
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| Facilitated suicide |
Completion occurs because of clinician indifference. |
| Facilitating suicide |
Legal term for helping in a suicide completion. |
| False negative |
Identifying a suicidal person as non-suicidal. |
| False positive |
Identifying a non-suicidal person as suicidal. |
| Familicide-suicide |
Homicide of one or more family members by suicide completer. |
| Family history |
Presence of disorder or risk factors or occurrence of suicide in parents, sibs, etc. |
| Family therapy |
Combination of group and individual problem-solving sessions with family members. |
| Fantasy rationale |
Suicide felt to be caused by wish for rebirth, revenge, etc. |
| Fatalistic suicide |
Associated with "passions violently checked by aggressive discipline" (Durkheim). |
| Feminine grief |
Expressive, emotional grieving common to women and some men. |
| Fiduciary responsibility |
General ethical duty to act in the client's best interest. |
| Filicide-suicide |
Homicide of one or more offspring by suicide completer. |
| Firearms suicide |
Use of handgun, rifle, shot gun as the lethal means. |
| First-degree relative |
Parent, sibling, child; risk assessment term. |
| 5-HIAA |
(5-hydroxy tryptamine) metabolic product of serotonin. |
| Flashback |
Recurrent recollection of a traumatic event. |
| Focal suicides |
Self-mutilation and deliberate accidents (Menninger). |
| Forensic |
Associated with the law enforcement or criminal justice systems. |
| Forfeited patients |
Seriously mentally ill individuals who resist efforts to treat them (Whitmer). |
| Frozen grief |
Stalling of grieving process because of ambiguous loss (Boss). |
| Frustration |
Inability to meet an important personal need or drive. |
| Frustration tolerance |
Ability to deal with frustration without psychological harm. |
| Functional impairment |
Prolonged inability to manage activities of daily living because of psychological/physical disability. |
