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Dec 27 2008

Avoid the pain: What we can learn from the Seligman research on dogs exposed to electric shock (Part 2)

Published by Bill Martin, LCSW under Stress Reduction, Counseling & Psychotherapy, Suicide, Alcohol and other Drug Abuse, How the Brain influences our lives, Trauma & Abuse, ACA/ACOA:Adult Children from Alcoholic Families, Attachment, Cognitive Therapy, Depression

What do you do when you experience the electric shocks in your life?

Most of the dogs (gods spelled backward) from group 3 learned to be helpless. When they could have easily escaped, they simply laid down and experienced the painful electric shock.
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Dec 25 2008

Dogs, painful electric shocks, and explanatory style: What does the research tell us about feeling discouraged and helpless? (Part 1)

Published by Bill Martin, LCSW under Stress Reduction, Counseling & Psychotherapy, Suicide, How the Brain influences our lives, Parenting, Trauma & Abuse, Cognitive Therapy, Depression

It’s pretty simple. The research shows us that when people feel discouraged and helpless, they are more likely to become depressed. There are several landmark studies conducted by Martin Seligman and Steven Maier describing the phenomenon of learned helplessness using dogs and the effect of exposing the dogs to unpleasant electrical shocks while in a harness.

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May 15 2008

Suicide, ethics, and end of life care dilemmas for families

Published by Bill Martin, LCSW under Counseling & Psychotherapy, Suicide, Ethics

Please note: This is a fictionalized case-study. I have created this case scenario to stimulate thought and discussion about the complicated clinical and ethical dilemmas related to end of life care for patients and their families.

I will be very happy if this case is used for study purposes in an ethics or clinical therapy class.
Susan came to see me about a year after her brother Bob’s complicated death related to cancer. She had been referred by a friend who knew that I worked with many adults with life threatening illnesses and their families.

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Sep 03 2007

Survivors of Suicide: family, friends, and significant others

Published by Bill Martin, LCSW under Counseling & Psychotherapy, Suicide

The Center for Disease Control (CDC) and the American Suicidology Association estimate that for every completed suicide there are 6 survivors. Therefore, in the last 25 years there have been approximately 25 million survivors of suicide.

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Sep 03 2007

Suicide Risk Factors

Published by Bill Martin, LCSW under Counseling & Psychotherapy, Suicide

Depression is the leading cause of suicide among all groups. Identifying and understanding the symptoms and treatment for depression is a primary goal of preventing suicide in the world.

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Sep 02 2007

What should you do if you know someone is thinking of suicide?

Published by Bill Martin, LCSW under Counseling & Psychotherapy, Suicide

Listening from our heart is so important. It doesn’t necessarily matter what the concerns of our friends and loved ones might be. For us to listen, can be so helpful and mean so much.

When someone we care about has thoughts of suicide, it is most important to tell the difference between someone who is feeling blue…”wow, i am so unhappy!” and someone who may be thinking, “I am nobody here. No one cares about me and life is so horrible, I want to be dead.”

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Sep 02 2007

What happens every 16 minutes in the United States?

Published by Bill Martin, LCSW under Counseling & Psychotherapy, Suicide

Suicide. Yes, as shocking as this seems, every 16 minutes someone commits suicide in the United States.

In 2004, 32,000 individuals from all ages and all walks of life took their own lives. This represents 89 suicides per day or 1 person every 16 minutes who dies at their own hand.

Men are 4 times more likely than women to die from suicide. However, women are 3 times more likely to report attempting suicide. Also, suicide rates are higher among young people and those over age 65 than other groups.

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Counseling in Chicago with Bill Martin, LCSW

Exploring counseling & psychotherapy, what works, and the research that supports it.
Bill Martin, LCSW, 1300 West Belmont #309, Chicago, Il 60657, 312-409-0632

Archive for the 'Suicide' Category

Avoid the pain: What we can learn from the Seligman research on dogs exposed to electric shock (Part 2)

Dogs, painful electric shocks, and explanatory style: What does the research tell us about feeling discouraged and helpless? (Part 1)

Suicide, ethics, and end of life care dilemmas for families

Survivors of Suicide: family, friends, and significant others

Suicide Risk Factors

What should you do if you know someone is thinking of suicide?

What happens every 16 minutes in the United States?

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