12/09/2010

Identifying risk factors key to suicide prevention

     
Sometimes I intend to pursue advanced research on the fire to a graduate student in the department. For the post, I focused on the discovery of Dorian Lamis this version a bit 'more of this story on our site. A few weeks ago. - JH).The suicide has nearly tripled among adolescents since 1950 and reported about 12 percent of students who were suicidal at any time during the study. But getting professional help for students at risk of suicide is problematic: 80-85 percent of people who commit suicide substrates - for trying to commit suicide and completed suicide. dead - not seek contact with the consultants Dorian Lamis, a doctoral student in clinical projects in the study community psychology department, we think a more indirect way to assess the potential for suicidal students are on."Used many forms of assessment of doctors to determine that someone has to ask questions about suicide and students are often not accepted suicide" Dorian, Ph.D., said that four years from Atlanta, Georgia, that "my search Dr. Patrick Malone (Associate Professor in the Department), choose different risk factors are more easily identifiable, -.. depression symptoms, alcohol consumption and its temperament problems / aggression, lack of social support and life stress and if, together, show the potential for suicide or work life at risk than others.Lamis is the principal author of two papers recently published using data analysis of the relationship between risk factors and suicidal behavior measured. This paper is published in workers not properly collected on data from more than 700 women's college at the University of South Carolina fire indicated participation in violation of intimate partner psychological problems related to alcohol as predictors. Forces of suicide vulnerability of the work published in crisis, examining data from previous studies, direct investment in the body. (If some people feel like the body and take care of themselves) and depression by drinking alcohol, shaping the way for inclination to suicide."It 's important to educate the public about risk factors," said Lamis "associated with ninety percent of suicide with mental disorders and substance abuse;. 60 percent linked to depression, college students are at high risk mainly because in a new environment, are often under stress, financial and technical assistance, and they did not commit the social support to prevent the domination of the family as a factor. Suicide"Suicide is a complex phenomenon, and we hope that through our research .. for a better understanding of why people choose to get their lives to an end"In addition to research on data analysis of suicide Lamis is co-editor of understanding and preventing students from committing suicide. (Contract with Charles Thomas Publishers), which is the first book on the subject in 20 years, co-editor of God, David Lester of the Richard Stockton College, and the majority of participants in the role of experts. University students in various aspects of suicide.Lamis is also a member of the Board of Directors of the South Carolina chapter of the American Foundation for Suicide Prevention, a service area of training in August, the family and friends knew the survivors of suicide victims. Foundation on foot from the recognition of suicidal darkness in October to sponsor in the country.". I worked with researchers across the country to commit suicide and take part regularly and my work at the annual meeting of the American Society of Suicidology" Lamis said: "I hope, has published 15 articles and books have done, when I studied .. "Lamis plans for academic teaching and research, by the end of his doctorate in 2013.

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