Devaluating Death Education through Short-Term Suicide Intervention Programs
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 13629475 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Raymond L Schmitt (Illinois State University, corresponding author), Tracy D Ellman (Illinois State University) |
| Year | 1992 |
| Volume | 24 |
| Issue | 3 |
| Pages | 241-245 |
| Publication date | 1992-05-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | OMEGA - Journal of Death and Dying (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0030-2228 • E-ISSN: 1541-3764 |
| Publisher | SAGE Publishing (PUBLISHER • US) |
| DOI | 10.2190/1v7x-6w87-0k91-5p04 |
| OpenAlex | W2073136430 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 2 |
| References cited | 3 |
The wisdom and results of the Shaffer et al. study [1] are challenged regarding: 1) program content, 2) length of student exposure, 3) instructor competence, and, particularly 4) the implicit conceptualization of suicide as a simplistic rather than a complex, interpretive act. Certainly to conclude, or even to imply, that the effectiveness of all educational suicide intervention efforts are doomed, or that suicide is a function of mental illness rather than the stresses and losses experienced through living in mass society, is clearly unwarranted. The value of ongoing death education courses of semester length for the tempering of suicidal behaviors is argued
Competence (human resources · Conceptualization · Intervention (counseling · Medical emergency · Poison control · Psychiatry · Suicide prevention · Medicine · Psychology · Social Psychology · Suicide and Self-Harm Studies
| Unique citing works | 2 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 0,08 |
| Citation span | 2000 - 2000 (1) |
| Citation velocity | historical |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 2 |