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This is a good take and it’s worth spelling out why. One of the leading theories of suicide right now is Thomas Joiner’s Interpersonal Theory of suicide, which posits that individuals will not die by suicide unless three conditions are met:
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This is a good take and it’s worth spelling out why. One of the leading theories of suicide right now is Thomas Joiner’s Interpersonal Theory of suicide, which posits that individuals will not die by suicide unless three conditions are met:
(thread) 1/6 https://twitter.com/luifarted/status/1303789153725960203
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People who die by suicide have (A) low belongingness/social alienation, (B) perceived burdensomeness, and (C) the acquired capacity for lethal self-harm. A & B are common, and C is not: this explains why suicidal ideation is common & completed suicide is rare. 2/6
People who die by suicide have (A) low belongingness/social alienation, (B) perceived burdensomeness, and (C) the acquired capacity for lethal self-harm. A & B are common, and C is not: this explains why suicidal ideation is common & completed suicide is rare. 2/6
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Capitalist demands on people’s time fuels aloneness/social alienation, which is a suicide risk factor. The more we work at the expense of our relationships, the less we feel nourished and connected in ways that are necessary for psychological help and survival. 3/6
Capitalist demands on people’s time fuels aloneness/social alienation, which is a suicide risk factor. The more we work at the expense of our relationships, the less we feel nourished and connected in ways that are necessary for psychological help and survival. 3/6
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Societies that do not take care of their sick and poor create conditions rife for burdensomeness, another serious suicide risk factor. When those we need help from are themselves precarious, it puts us in a bind: how can we ask of those already stretched thin? 4/6
Societies that do not take care of their sick and poor create conditions rife for burdensomeness, another serious suicide risk factor. When those we need help from are themselves precarious, it puts us in a bind: how can we ask of those already stretched thin? 4/6
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So yes, affordable and accessible housing and healthcare, strong labor laws, affordable and accessible childcare, guarantee of basic income and social services... all of these would ease the conditions of aloneness and burdensomeness that contribute to suicide. 5/6
So yes, affordable and accessible housing and healthcare, strong labor laws, affordable and accessible childcare, guarantee of basic income and social services... all of these would ease the conditions of aloneness and burdensomeness that contribute to suicide. 5/6
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Completed suicide still requires the capacity for lethal self-harm, so ill societies that don’t care for their vulnerable will not push everyone over the edge, but it seems obvious to me as a psychologist that social services just are mental health services. 6/thread
Completed suicide still requires the capacity for lethal self-harm, so ill societies that don’t care for their vulnerable will not push everyone over the edge, but it seems obvious to me as a psychologist that social services just are mental health services. 6/thread
