Grief & Suicide Terms

Grief & Suicide Terms: J, K, & L

Grief & suicide terms, words and phrases are often used by crisis counselors and others in the health-care field. You can study these and/or copy them to your dictionary.

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J
Jail diversion	See diversion.
Jail suicide	Occurrence of suicide in prisons and lock-ups; leading cause of death in such facilities.
Japanese suicide	See Hara-Kiri and Seppuku
Johar	Ritualistic suicide by self-immolation of the widow of a man killed in battle in India.
Justice	Individuals in similar situations are to be treated alike.


K
Kindling	Increasing susceptibility to suicide with recurrent stress.
Kubler-Ross, Elisabeth	Wrote "death & dying" and other works on grief.


L
Legacy of suicide	Ongoing emotional burden borne by suicide grievers.
Length of stay (LOS)	Period of hospitalization in days or duration of care episode by a provider.
Lethal means	Implements, substances, weapons, or actions capable of causing death.
Lethality	Indicates the potential of means of suicide to cause death.
Levels of suicidal behavior	Continuum of suicidal actions.
Liability	Legally determined responsibility for substandard care or performance.
Life stressor	Severely stressful life event (e.g., interpersonal or economic loss). (Moscicki).
Listeners	Volunteers who man the Samaritans' hotlines.
Living legacy	Adoption of traits of deceased loved one by bereaved individual.
Loss	Deprivation caused by death or other personal tragedy.
Loss history	Losses incurred by an individual during her/his life.
Loss inventory	Self-assessment of personal loss history and loss type over time.
Love pact suicide	See double suicide.

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