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| NARSAD |
National Alliance for Research on Schizophrenia and Depression. |
| National Save A Life League |
Suicide prevention group founded in new york city in 1906. |
| Natural death laws |
State laws allowing dying to refuse life-extending care. |
| NBCC |
National Board for Certified Counselors, Inc., accreditation body for mental health counselors. |
| NCHS |
National Center for Health Statistics; U.S. central suicide data repository. |
| Negated death |
See discounted grief. |
| Neurobiology |
Refers to the physiology of the brain and its study. |
| Neurochemicals |
Substances conveying messages in the brain. |
| Neuron |
Brain cell that processes information. |
| Neurotransmitter |
Neurochemical that attaches to a receptor in the brain. |
| New normal |
The "new" sense of self achieved after a traumatic loss (Wrobleski). |
| NIMH |
National Institute of Mental Health, U.S. federal agency charged with mental illness
research and prevention. |
| No harm contract |
See no suicide contract. |
| Noncompliance |
Client or patient partial/total noncooperation with care plan. |
| Nonlethal method |
Means that may not be immediately fatal. |
| Non-suicidal |
Displaying no signs or symptoms of suicidality at the present time. |
| Nonviolent means |
See bloodless means. |
| Noradrenergic function |
Brain system associated with suicidal behavior when altered. |
| Norepinephrine |
Neurotransmitter associated with depression. |
| Normal grief |
Lasts less than 6 months; resolves without treatment. |
| Normalcy |
Individual's condition prior to onset of a disorder. |
| Normative ethics |
Ethical system intended to influence individual action. |
| No suicide contract |
Client agreement to not complete suicide. |
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| Obligatory suicide |
Ethical concept of suicide as a personal duty (Cosculluela). |
| Open-ended group |
Ongoing support group that can be entered at anytime. |
| Opioid |
An analgesic that is morphine-based. |
| Organic suicide |
Completion in response to serious physical illness and/or pain (Menninger). |
| Organicity |
Characteristic of a condition/disorder as organically-based. |
| Other-driven suicide |
Completion impelled by other person(s) wishes or actions(Fairbairn). |
| Other-regarding suicide |
See obligatory suicide. |
| Outpatient care |
Delivery of care or therapy at a clinic or center in the community. |
| Overlap model |
Suicide as result of an overlay of biology, heredity, and life events (Blumenthal/Kupfer). |
