Suicide: A Global Perspective

Author(s): Sara Martino and David Lester

DOI: 10.2174/978160805049911201010236

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Suicide and Self-Mutilation

Pp: 236-245 (10)

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Abstract

SHS investigation development is considered from the geographical and historical viewpoint. 3 stages are described. Within Stage 1 the work was carried out in the Department of the Institute of Chemical Physics in Chernogolovka where the scientific discovery had been made. At Stage 2 the interest to SHS arose in different cities and towns of the former USSR. Within Stage 3 SHS entered the international scene. Now SHS processes and products are being studied in more than 50 countries.

Abstract

Lester [1] introduced self-mutilation into mainstream psychology with a review of relevant research in a leading journal of the American Psychological Association (Psychological Bulletin) and discusses the relationship between self-mutilation and suicidal behavior. The present chapter compares our current understanding of self-mutilation with that of attempted suicide to explore similarities and differences.

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Self-mutilation, cutting, attempted suicide trichotillomania.

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