What is suicide? Clinical and conceptual issues.

Authors

  • Juan GARCÍA-HARO Servicio de Salud del Principado de Asturias (España)
  • Henar GARCÍA-PASCUAL Servicio de Salud del Principado de Asturias (España)
  • Marta GONZÁLEZ GONZÁLEZ Servicio de Salud del Principado de Asturias (España)
  • Sara BARRIO-MARTÍNEZ Instituto de Investigación Marqués de Valdecilla, Cantabria (España)
  • Rocío Rocío GARCÍA-PASCUAL Universidad de León (España)

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.55414/ap.v37i2.807

Abstract

Suicide is one of the main public health problems worldwide. The aim of this article is to think and discuss about the concept of suicide. It discusses its definition and presents the difference between suicide and suicide attempts as two distinct social and clinical groups. The conceptual implications, in the clinical understanding, and the practical implications, in the quantification, research and prevention of the suicidal phenomenon are analyzed. It concludes with the need to incorporate a contextual-phenomenological approach to suicide.

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Published

07/08/2019

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Research articles

How to Cite

GARCÍA-HARO, J., GARCÍA-PASCUAL, H., GONZÁLEZ GONZÁLEZ, M., BARRIO-MARTÍNEZ, S., & Rocío GARCÍA-PASCUAL, R. (2019). What is suicide? Clinical and conceptual issues. Apuntes De Psicología, 37(2), 91-100. https://doi.org/10.55414/ap.v37i2.807

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