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Understanding Suicide
Posted in: ARTICLESBy by Dr. Gearoid O Donnchadha
Jul 2, 2010 - 1:24:28 PM
To understand suicide, one must look not only at the individual in question but at what makes the individual an individual. More than a hundred years ago Emile Durkheim showed that suicide rates were a factor of community wellbeing rather than being primarily the result of individual traits.
Understanding Suicide
Understanding the world of social-networking websites with your child(ren)
Posted in: ARTICLESBy Nora Butler
Jul 2, 2010 - 1:21:44 PM
Over the past 10 years the emergence of the Internet has revolutionised the world of media, information and communications and is rapidly becoming integrated into every aspect of modern life from healthcare to banking, travel to shopping. Increasingly young people are turning to the net as a tool for research and information on their personal issues, and particularly on sensitive issues such as sexual and mental health.
Understanding the world of social-networking websites with your child(ren)
Physical Conditions and Depression
Posted in: ARTICLESBy by Anna Wroblewska
Jul 2, 2010 - 12:57:32 PM
Serious medical conditions like any chronic illness or physical disability can contribute to depression, partly because of the physical weakness and stress they bring on. Depression can make medical conditions worse, since it weakens the immune system and can make pain harder to bear. In some cases, depression can be caused by medications used to treat medical conditions.
Physical Conditions and Depression
The Trauma of Sexual Violence
Posted in: ARTICLESBy by Vera O Leary
Jul 2, 2010 - 12:56:00 PM
As a society we have much work to do to encourage all victims of sexual violence to be able to come forward, we also have a long way to go in preventing sexual violence.
To end sexual violence we must invest in prevention education programmes. Directing sexual assault prevention/awareness programmes towards our young people is especially critical, since young people make up a big percentage of victims.
The Trauma of Sexual Violence
The Social Basis of Suicide
Posted in: ARTICLESBy by Dr. Gearoid O Donnchadh
Jul 2, 2010 - 12:52:55 PM
No theory is right or wrong; some theories are more useful than others are and some theories can distract us from the most profitable way forward.
There are many theories of suicide and they can usefully be categorised as two, theories of individual, often innate, causality and theories of social causation. For many years, one might say for the whole hundred and fifty years that suicide has been the subject of scientific investigation, the theories of individual causation, the psychological theories, have held the limelight. During that time suicide has grown rather than diminished as a problem.
The Social Basis of Suicide
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