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- Title
Surviving Authentic Development: Suicide Risk in Psychoneuroses and Positive Disintegration.
- Authors
Tillier, William
- Abstract
In Dąbrowski's approach to authentic personality development, two prominent features, psychoneuroses and positive disintegration, are associated with increased suicide risk. A brief review of Dąbrowski's theory will highlight several of his unusual approaches including the personality ideal, his emphasis on emotion, the definition of personality, and overexcitability. The characteristics of the psychoneurotic will be discussed, emphasizing suicidal potential. Dąbrowski's analysis of suicide on each of the major levels of his theory will be presented. General awareness of suicidal potential for therapists will be emphasized. The often-subtle nature of suicidal triggers will be highlighted. A practical approach to talking to the suicidal person is presented. The strong stigmas associated with suicide spawn various myths that are to be explored, including the idea that suicide attempts may not reflect "true" suicide, the assumption that high talent or success will prevent suicide, that suicide is a rare act, that children are rarely suicidal, and that external intervention is effective. Suicide prevention and some of the Dąbrowski's psychotherapeutic approaches will be mentioned. Significantly, postvention approaches to assist suicide survivors will be discussed.
- Publication
Advanced Development, 2017, Vol 16, p31
- ISSN
1042-2021
- Publication type
Academic Journal