Suicide
Suicide: Why Do It?
Release Date:
2004
Audience:
Medical Students and Senior House Officers.
Other staff and students with a professional interest.
Duration:
47 minutes. DVD Extras 8 minutes
Content
72-second spoof “Star FM” radio trailer opens the lecture. Scene setting includes comments about the blame culture and the impact of adverse incidents. Differences between deliberate self-harm and suicide. Demographics, statistics and methods (6 minutes).
Case One: Excerpts from a number of interviews (6 minutes). Case is then discussed with the audience (probable depression or psychosis).
Case Two: Describes how patient self-harmed, highlights of her life and attitude towards the future. Relationship to alcohol, personality and depression.
Case Three: Bereavement reaction or depression. Group discussion of diagnosis and management of suicidal patients.
Style
Illustrated lecture to an audience of psychiatric medical staff.
DVD opening menu links to main programme, chapter headings, additional material and promotional trailer.
Use
Chapter headings and additional material allows the DVD to be used in a live lecture setting. However, main use is in a library or home setting for private study.
Additional Information
The DVD version offers significant advantages in terms of picture quality. In addition direct access to the chapter headings greatly enhances the usefulness in live teaching; the three patient interviews can be accessed directly from the main menu.
£80 excluding VAT and P&P