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Abstract
Suicide: the act of killing one's self intentionally. The word reaches out and grabs every one of us who reads or hears it. It is a word which is at the very heart of our innermost fears. Suicide is an action which has been romantically praised in western culture by William Shakespeare in "Romeo and Juliet." It has been glorified in the eastern culture through the ritual of Hari-kiri and also in the kamakazi mission of death. "Suicide, which once ranked twenty-second on the list of causes of death in the United States, now rates tenth, and in some states sixth" (Grollman, 1971, p. 8). Grollman (1971), contends that to most people, self-imposed death was some bizarre form of unconventional behavior, usually signifying insanity. Today, with a greater awareness of the increasing complexity of human life, we must acknowledge that suicide is more than just a personal decision; it is a disease of civilization (p. 5). Suicide is the action which man uses to destroy everything that he has attempted to preserve. Suicide in youth is a t
Year of Submission
1981
Degree Name
Master of Arts
Department
Department of School Administration and Personnel Services
First Advisor
Audrey L. Smith
Date Original
1981
Object Description
1 PDF file (56 leaves)
Copyright
©1981 Michael Perry Bleadorn
Language
en
File Format
application/pdf
Recommended Citation
Bleadorn, Michael Perry, "Family crisis intervention with an adolescent at risk of suicide: A study of the family crisis intervention unit of Polk County, Iowa" (1981). Graduate Research Papers. 2098.
https://scholarworks.uni.edu/grp/2098
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