“. . . . suicide might be better understood as a phenomenon centred in the individual. In other words, the motives for suicide can be found in the individual viewed as a unique human being whose personality contains the real reasons for wanting to die. Suicide research is not enough; we must work seated at the suicidal individuals’ bedside, trying our very best to feel what that person feels and how these feelings lead the wish to die.”...
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Well over a century after Durkheim’s major study (‘Suicide’ Durkheim 1897/1951) there is disagreement about the effectiveness of preventive efforts. When this ‘disagreement’ is examined, there are two main reasons:
a)      Suicide’s extreme complexity; and
b)      Suicide’s relative rarity.
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“. . . . suicide might be better understood as a phenomenon centred in the individual. In other words, the motives for suicide can be found in the individual viewed as a unique human being whose personality contains the real reasons for wanting to die. Suicide research is not enough; we must work seated at the suicidal individuals’ bedside, trying our very best to feel what that person feels and how these feelings lead the wish to die.”...
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Interviewed recently on RTE about her divided GAA loyalties regarding support for Tipperary, where she was reared or Dublin, where she currently resides, Mary Hanafin, former Irish Minister for Education, revealed her linguistic shortcomings by saying she was somewhat “schizophrenic” about this vital issue (*). Again, in a satirical piece about the Irish President’s GB visit, and the high profile presence alongside him of a Northern Ireland politician, a local writer referred to the latter gentleman as “your (i.e. Official Ireland’s) schizophrenic sibling” (**). Perhaps you, dear reader, are reasonably comfortable with the use of psychiatric language when discussing the GAA and/or Irish politics: I’m afraid I’m not.
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Caine and Able. I haven’t misspelled our legendary fraternal ancestors’ names. “Caine” refers to Dr Eric D Caine, a New York university professor while “Able”, meaning “having sufficient power, skill, or resources to accomplish an object” (*), may in time describe Dr Caine’s “new paradigm” (**) for reducing human suicidal behaviour...
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