The psychodynamics of hope in suicidal despair

Datos Bibliográficos

ID6129754
AutoresMark J Goldblatt (0000-0002-0391-8947, Harvard Medical School, autor de correspondencia)
Año2017
Volumen40
Número1
Páginas54-62
Fecha de publicación2017-01-02
Peer ReviewedSí
Open AccessNo
TipoARTICLE
RevistaThe Scandinavian Psychoanalytic Review (JOURNAL)
Identificadores de la revistaISSN: 0106-2301 • E-ISSN: 1600-0803
EditorialInforma UK Limited (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1080/01062301.2017.1312219
OpenAlexW2611710160
IdiomaEN
Citas recibidas3
Referencias citadas35

For suicidal individuals, crushing hopelessness correlates more strongly than depression with suicidal intent. Ambivalence is recognized as a principal aspect of suicidality – wanting to die and wanting to be rescued at the same time. Hope is the mental state in which the desire of a positive outcome in one’s life is directed toward the future, and supports a positive resolution to psychic pain, thereby playing an important role in suicide prevention by delaying self-destructive action. This paper explores the psychodynamics of hope in suicidal distress, as it functions to support the suicidal patient’s sense of connection over abandonment and rescue over the wish to die. Three pathways that instill and support hope in suicidal patients are examined through the use of clinical examples

Abandonment (legal) · Ambivalence · Distress · Medical emergency · Poison control · Psychiatry · Psychic · Psychoanalysis · Psychodynamics · Psychological pain · Psychotherapist · Suicidal ideation · Suicide prevention · Clinical Psychology · Medicine · Mental Health and Psychiatry · Optimism, Hope, and Well-being · Psychology · Psychotherapy Techniques and Applications