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After reading and studying this chapter and participating in lecture and discussion, students should be able to:
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Identify Shneidman's types of people who commit suicide. |
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Discuss suicide rates and how they vary by gender, ethnicity, nationality, and age. |
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Discuss the sociocultural, psychological, and biological theories of suicide. |
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Identify reasons why it is difficult to study suicide scientifically. |
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Discuss Durkheim's sociological theory of suicide. |
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Discuss suicide contagion and why it might occur. |
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Discuss the mental disorders associated with suicide. |
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Describe the biological, psychological, and sociocultural interventions for suicide. |
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Discuss the relationship between guns and suicide. |
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Identify and explain the major arguments in the current debate concerning whether people have the right to commit suicide. |
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Integrate the various factors contributing to suicide according to a diathesis-stress model. |