Grief & Suicide Terms

Grief & Suicide Terms: S

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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SAD	Seasonal affective disorder; depression associated with shorter days/earlier darkness of winter.
Samaritans, The	International volunteer suicide crisis intervention group.
SAM E	S-adenoslymethionine; natural bodily substance under study as a treatment for depression.
SAMSHA	Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration - government agency.
S.A. / V.E.	Suicide awareness/voices of education; MN (U.S.) based nonprofit organization.
Screening	Clinical procedure for identifying and assessing suicide risk.
Seasonality	Refers to seasonal variations in suicide rates.
Seclusion	Separation of an inpatient/inmate in crisis from general institutional population.
Secondary depression	See disease-related depression and reactive depression.
Secondary loss	Consequence of loss of loved one, e.g., a friendship.
Secondary prevention	Attempt to lessen the severity of a problem.
Secondary victimization	Negative experience of bereaved with relatives, media, police, etc.
Secret grief	See hidden grief.
SED	Seriously emotionally disturbed; usually used in reference to children and adolescents.
Selective intervention	Preventative measures directed at group showing risk factors.
Selective serotonin reuptake inhibitor (SSRI)	Class of antidepressants (e.g., Paxil).
Self-deliverance	"Rational" suicide for a "good" reason.
Self-destructive behavior	Activities with high physical risk.
Self-determination	View of absolute individual control of personal choice or destiny.
Self-injurious behavior (SIB)	Causing obvious tissue damage without lethal intent.
Self-medicate	Use alcohol, drugs, other substances to cope with depression, grief, or pain.
Self-mutilation	Slashing, stabbing, cutting, burning, etc. on the body by an individual.
Seppuku	Ritualistic suicide to preserve personal honor in japan.
Sequelae	Condition resulting from a disease or disorder.
Serotonin	Neurotransmitter that inhibits self-destructive behavior.
Serotonin-specific agent	New class of antidepressant drugs.
Shadow grief	Unresolved "background" grief associated with perinatal loss.
Shneidman, edwin	Author/editor of several seminal texts on suicide.
Silent suicide	Self-starvation and medical noncompliance by the aged.
Situational clues	Loss, other major life event linked with suicide risk.
Slippery slope	Potential adverse outcome of a moral or legal change.
Slow suicide	Prolonged pattern of self-abusive, harmful behavior.
Social death	Avoidance of a terminally ill or dying individual by friends/relatives.
Socio-economic determinants	Factors such as income or unemployment that may correlate with suicide rates in some groups.
Sociological theory	Suicide is influenced by culture and social structure.
S.O.L.O.S. (Survivors of Loved Ones' Suicides)	AKA suicide survivors.
S.O.L.O.S., Inc.	VA based nonprofit organization dedicated to meeting needs of suiide grievers.
Somatic	Refers to the body; non-mental; e.g., somatic health.
SOS	Survivors of suicide, inc.; sponsor support groups for suicide grievers.
S.P.A.N.	Suicide prevention advocacy network; ga based nonprofit organization.
Spirituality	Personal search for meaning after a loss.
Spiritual abuse	Allegation by a clergyperson that suicide victim is damned.
Stages of grief	Concept of distinct phases of grieving (Kubler-Ross).
Stimulus event	In a suicide cluster the act or event felt to have motivated the subsequent deaths.
Stressor	A factor precipitating or driving a behavior or outcome.
Subintentional	Individual indirectly/unconsciously causes her/his own death.
Substance abuse	Misuse of alcohol, legal/illegal drugs, prescribed/otc medications, cigarettes, etc.
Substance P	Neurochemical linked as a neurotransmitter to depression and psychological pain.
Suffering	State of extreme anguish and discomfort caused by pain or loss.
Suicidal	In acute crisis with ideation, a plan, definite tendencies, or an attempt.
Suicidal behavior	Suicide gestures, attempts, and completions.
Suicidal equivalent	Dangerous, risk-taking behavior that may be life-threatening (Ayd).
Suicidal fantasy	Recurring suicidal ideation involving the same or similar situation.
Suicidal ideation	Thoughts about completing suicide.
Suicidal individual	One manifesting suicidal behavior or suicidal intent.
Suicidal intent	Level of individual degree of risk of acting at a particular time.
Suicidal migrations	Relocation of at-risk individuals seeking gratification (Farber).
Suicidal potential	Recurrent suicidal ideation without a specific plan (Ayd).
Suicide act	Any fatal/non-fatal intentional self-inflicted injury (O'Carroll et al.).
Suicide liability	Risk was seen, assessed, documented, and negligently treated.
Suicidal threat	Verbal statement(s) indicating that suicide is being considered.
Suicidality	Individual's level of danger to her/himself (Shneidman).
Suicide	A transient disease caused by psychological stress and pain.
Suicided	Verb: to complete suicide (e.g., "my son suicided").
Suicide attempt	Failed attempt to complete suicide.
Suicide-by-cop	Provoking a police officer to shoot in self-defense.
Suicide career	Individual pattern of multiple suicide attempts.
Suicide clause	Life insurance payout limited to premiums if insured dies by suicide within 2 years of buying policy.
Suicide cluster	See suicide contagion.
Suicide completer	Individual who has died of suicide.
Suicide completion	Individual death as outcome of the suicide process.
Suicide contagion	Series of consecutive suicides in the same geographic area.
Suicide cult	Sect in which possibility of suicide is explicit/implicit condition of membership.
Suicide gesture	An action of self-harm indicating suicidal intent.
Suicide griever	Individual experiencing traumatic effects of suicide loss.
Suicide incidence	Number of cases in a given time in a given area.
Suicide intervention	Prevention of an imminent attempt or an in process attempt.
Suicide landmarks	Sites (e.g., bridges) that have become historically associated with suicide completion.
Suicide means	See means.
Suicide pact	Agreement to complete suicide by two or more individuals.
Suicide plan	Individual strategy inclusive of time frame and means to complete suicide.
Suicide prevalence	Cases at a given time relative to population size.
Suicide process	Course of physiological and psychosocial developments leading to suicide.
Suicide proofing	Effort by a hospital, prison, or other institution to prevent suicide by those in care.
Suicide rate	Occurrence of suicide in a given population or community.
Suicide survivor	See suicide griever.
Suicide syndrome	Long-term self-destructive life process (Gernsbacher).
Suicide talk	Verbal references to suicidal behavior by an at-risk individual.
Suicide typology	Classification of different suicide types.
Suicide watch	Inpatient or in-home monitoring of a suicidal individual.
Suicide zone	Transient individual period of risk (Litman).
Suicidogenic	Causing, giving rise to suicide or suicidal behavior.
Suicidology	The formal scientific study of suicide; multidisciplinary.
Suicidologist	Specialist in the study of suicide.
Suidecide	(Sui-decide) rational suicide by a terminally ill individual (Schmerl).
Suisad	(Sui-sad) "killing the sadness"; replacement for term suicide (Cantor).
Support group	Peer resource for dealing with illness or trauma.
Surcease suicide	Completion to end or avoid a severe stressor (Prado).
Surviving	Living beyond the experience of a suicide or traumatic loss.
Survivor	Individual affected by a traumatic loss (e.g., suicide griever).
Survivor guilt	Self-blame for enduring after loss of loved one.
Survivors of Suicide (SOS)	Support group for suicide survivors.
Survivorship	See surviving.
Sutee	Ritualistic suicide by self-immolation by a widow in India.
Symbolic loss	Loss of something intangible (e.g., relationship).
Symptom	Clinical sign of a disease or disorder.
Syndromatic clues	behavioral, verbal, situational indicators of suicide risk.
Syndrome	Group of symptoms indicating a particular condition.

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