Janse van Vuuren, Danica (2025) The Type of Feelings of Worthlessness That Poses a High Risk for Suicide in Depression and Why: A Phenomenological Account and Criteria for Clinicians. Philosophy of Medicine, 6 (1). pp. 1-24. ISSN 2692-3963
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Abstract
There is large consensus across clinical research that feelings of worthlessness (FOW) are one of the highest risk factors for a patient’s depression becoming suicidal. In this paper, I attempt to make sense of this empirical relationship from a phenomenological perspective. I propose that there are purely reactive and pervasive forms of FOW. Subsequently, I present a phenomenological demonstration for how and why it is pervasive FOW that pose a direct suicidal threat. I then outline criteria, contingent upon empirical verification, by which clinicians can more confidently identify when a patient’s FOW place them at high risk of suicide.
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| Keywords: | Suicidality Mood disorder Self-esteem Existentialism | ||||||
| Subjects: | Specific Sciences > Medicine Specific Sciences > Medicine > Psychiatry |
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| Depositing User: | Professor Alex Broadbent | ||||||
| Date Deposited: | 16 Jun 2025 13:29 | ||||||
| Last Modified: | 16 Jun 2025 13:29 | ||||||
| Item ID: | 25723 | ||||||
| Journal or Publication Title: | Philosophy of Medicine | ||||||
| Publisher: | University Library System, University of Pittsburgh | ||||||
| Official URL: | https://philmed.pitt.edu/philmed/article/view/211 | ||||||
| DOI or Unique Handle: | 10.5195/pom.2025.211 | ||||||
| Subjects: | Specific Sciences > Medicine Specific Sciences > Medicine > Psychiatry |
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| Date: | 12 June 2025 | ||||||
| Page Range: | pp. 1-24 | ||||||
| Volume: | 6 | ||||||
| Number: | 1 | ||||||
| ISSN: | 2692-3963 | ||||||
| URI: | https://philsci-archive.pitt.edu/id/eprint/25723 |
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