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Parasuicide
Non-fatal act of self-harm; a SUICIDE GESTURE.
Partial Suicide
Non-fatal self-destructive act, e.g., SELF-MUTILATION.
Passive Suicidal Ideation
SUICIDAL IDEATION not involving a specific SUICIDE PLAN (Sivak et al.)
Pathological Bereavement
CHRONIC, debilitating grief process.
Penacide
Killing of PAIN; COMPLETION of SUICIDE to end intense PAIN.
Permission To Grieve
Seeking of recognition of LOSS by others by BEREAVED.
Personality-Based Suicidality
Vulnerability related to individual's personality and outlook on life.
Perturbation
Increased emotional disturbance in a SUICIDAL individual (Shneidman).
Postvention
INTERVENTION after a SUICIDE to aid the BEREAVED.
Potentiating Risk Factor
Availability of LETHAL MEANS, family history, stress, illness, etc.
Potentiator
Factor that amplifies another factor and combined effect is greater than each alone.
Predisposing Risk Factor
Condition when coupled with other RISK may lead to suicide.
Pre-Intervention
See PRIMARY PREVENTION.
Preventability
Griever's perception of the avoidability of their LOSS.
Primary Loss
The loss of a loved one to death by any cause.
Primary Prevention
Attempt to reduce occurrence of a problem in a population.
Prodromal Clues
Individual behavioral signs of SUICIDALITY.
Protective Factors
Variables that may tend to keep an individual from completing SUICIDE (e.g., religion).
Proximal Risk Factor
See POTENTIATING RISK FACTOR.
Psychache
Severe PSYCHOLOGICAL PAIN(Shneidman).
Psychiatric Suicide
Concept of SUICIDE as always involving hate, depression, and guilt on part of VICTIM.
Psychic Blow
Event threatening acceptable life circumstances that may lead to SUICIDE (Farber).
Psychic Homicide
Suicide by children of abusive or hostile parents.
Psychic Numbing
Shut-down emotionally; TRAUMATIC GRIEF REACTION (Raphael).
Psychic Suicide
Willing oneself to die without any external physical action.
Psychobiological Model
Suicide caused by neural dysfunction and poor impulse control.
Psychodynamic Model
Suicide caused by lack of self-control due to personality pathology.
Psychological Abandonment
CLINICIAN'S reluctance to deal with the family of a PATIENT who died by SUICIDE (Gutheil).
Psychological Autopsy
Post-death search for cause of SUICIDE.
Psychological Death
Individual's definition of self as dead (Kalish).
Psychological Emergency
Imminent RISK of SELF-HARM or danger to others without INTERVENTION.
Psychological Pain
Pain caused by LOSS, DEPRESSION, and other emotional trauma.
Psychological Post-Mortem
Post-death search for CLINICIAN treatment errors.
Psychomotor Agitation
Restlessness, pacing, rocking, fidgeting, etc., on the part of a distressed individual.
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