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| GABA |
Gammo-aminobutyric acid; inhibitory neurotransmitter. |
| Gatekeeper program |
Use of school/community contact people to identify at-risk youth, elders. |
| Gender differences |
In grieving or suicidal behavior, dissimilar behavior by men and women. |
| Gender-specific |
Suicide rate broken down by sex. |
| Generativity |
Sense of connection between generations; lost or weakened by the death of a child. |
| Genetic marker |
See marker. |
| Genetic model |
view of suicide as influenced by heredity or genetic transmission of risk |
| Genuine suicide |
Completion resulting from victim's intention to end one's life (Shneidman). |
| Geriatric suicide |
See elder suicide. |
| Gesturer |
Individual associated with one or more suicide gesture. |
| Gesturing at suicide |
(AKA gestured suicide) see suicide gesture. |
| Grief |
Personal emotion associated with loss of a loved one. |
| Grief counselor |
Clinician serving the needs of the bereaved. |
| Grief integration |
Incorporating grief as an ongoing part of the bereaved's life. |
| Grief process |
Individual course of grief following loss of a loved one. |
| Grief reaction |
Feelings/emotions accompanying grief (e.g., guilt, anger). |
| Grief resolution |
Outcome of "normal" grieving; abatement of grief. |
| Grief work |
Bereaved individual's efforts to accept reality of loss. |
| Griever |
Individual involved in the process of grieving. |
| Group suicide |
See mass suicide. |
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| Hari Kari |
Ritualistic suicide in japan by a defeated/disgraced individual. |
| Heal |
Whole or partial recovery from injury, illness, or loss. |
| Healing |
Process of recovery from injury, illness, or loss. |
| Heaven's gate |
Mass suicide of 38 cult members in San Diego, CA, in 1997. |
| Helper's principle |
Idea that those who help others enhance their own self-esteem in the process. |
| Hemlock Society |
Organization advocating the "right to suicide." |
| Hidden grief |
Solitary mourning; grieving pattern common to men. |
| Hidden suicide |
Indirect self-harming behavior (Meerlo). |
| High risk factor |
Social variable associated with high incidence of suicide or harm. |
| High risk group |
Population segment with a high suicide rate. |
| History |
Individual's mental health or suicidal behavior background. |
| Homicide-suicide |
See murder-suicide. |
| Hopelessness |
Extent of individual's negative feelings about the future (Beck et al.). |
| Hospice |
Provider serving terminally ill and a bereavement support resource. |
| Hypervigilance |
Grief state involving exclusive preoccupation with loss (Smith). |
| Hypoactive |
State of hopelessness, low self-esteem, and passiveness. |
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| Iatrogenic |
Harm inadvertently caused to a patient by a clinician. |
| ICD-9 |
International classification of diseases, 9th revision; suicide = codes e950-e959. |
| Ideator |
Individual experiencing suicidal ideation. |
| If onlys |
Griever obsession with contingencies that might have averted loss. |
| Incapacity |
Inability to understand and act on received information. |
| Incidence |
Number of new suicides in a given population in a given time span. |
| Incompetent |
Inability to perform necessary duties or functions. |
| Index suicide |
Initial completion precipitating a suicide cluster; see stimulus event. |
| Indicated intervention |
Preventative measures directed at individuals showing risk factors. (Gordon). |
| Indirect suicide |
Death as unintended result of high risk behavior. |
| Inhume |
Internment; burial or entombment of the deceased. |
| Injury events |
Epidemiological term for accidents, homicides, and suicides. |
| Inpatient |
Individual admitted to a stay at a hospital or institution. |
| Inpatient suicide |
Completion of suicide by patient at a hospital or institution. |
| Intent |
Individual's desire to die and belief that death would follow action. |
| Intent, first degree |
Completion was planned by the victim. |
| Intent, second degree |
Completion was impulsive and unplanned on part of the victim. |
| Intent, third degree |
Voluntary self-injury with low completion intention on the part of the attempter. |
| Intentional underreporting |
Purposeful misrepresentation of a suicide death as due to another cause. |
| Interdisciplinary |
Involving more than one clinical/scientific discipline. |
| Interpersonal suicide |
Completion associated with the loss of an interpersonal relationship. |
| Interpersonal therapy |
Addresses patient's relationships with family, friends, and co-workers. |
| Inquest |
Coroner's investigation to establish cause of death. |
| Intervener |
Individual involved in effort to prevent an attempter from completing suicide. |
| Intervention |
Interceding to prevent harm or reduce risk. |
| Involuntary hospitalization |
See involuntary commitment (AKA involuntary civil commitment) . |
| Involuntary commitment |
Short-term emergency hospitalization of an individual deemed a danger to self/others. |
