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GABA	Gammo-aminobutyric acid; inhibitory neurotransmitter.
Gatekeeper program	Use of school/community contact people to identify at-risk youth, elders.
Gender differences	In grieving or suicidal behavior, dissimilar behavior by men and women.
Gender-specific	Suicide rate broken down by sex.
Generativity	Sense of connection between generations; lost or weakened by the death of a child.
Genetic marker	See marker.
Genetic model	view of suicide as influenced by heredity or genetic transmission of risk
Genuine suicide	Completion resulting from victim's intention to end one's life (Shneidman).
Geriatric suicide	See elder suicide.
Gesturer	Individual associated with one or more suicide gesture.
Gesturing at suicide	(AKA gestured suicide) see suicide gesture.
Grief	Personal emotion associated with loss of a loved one.
Grief counselor	Clinician serving the needs of the bereaved.
Grief integration	Incorporating grief as an ongoing part of the bereaved's life.
Grief process	Individual course of grief following loss of a loved one.
Grief reaction	Feelings/emotions accompanying grief (e.g., guilt, anger).
Grief resolution	Outcome of "normal" grieving; abatement of grief.
Grief work	Bereaved individual's efforts to accept reality of loss.
Griever	Individual involved in the process of grieving.
Group suicide	See mass suicide.


H
Hari Kari	Ritualistic suicide in japan by a defeated/disgraced individual.
Heal	Whole or partial recovery from injury, illness, or loss.
Healing	Process of recovery from injury, illness, or loss.
Heaven's gate	Mass suicide of 38 cult members in San Diego, CA, in 1997.
Helper's principle	Idea that those who help others enhance their own self-esteem in the process.
Hemlock Society	Organization advocating the "right to suicide."
Hidden grief	Solitary mourning; grieving pattern common to men.
Hidden suicide	Indirect self-harming behavior (Meerlo).
High risk factor	Social variable associated with high incidence of suicide or harm.
High risk group	Population segment with a high suicide rate.
History	Individual's mental health or suicidal behavior background.
Homicide-suicide	See murder-suicide.
Hopelessness	Extent of individual's negative feelings about the future (Beck et al.).
Hospice	Provider serving terminally ill and a bereavement support resource.
Hypervigilance	Grief state involving exclusive preoccupation with loss (Smith).
Hypoactive	State of hopelessness, low self-esteem, and passiveness.


I
Iatrogenic	Harm inadvertently caused to a patient by a clinician.
ICD-9	International classification of diseases, 9th revision; suicide = codes e950-e959.
Ideator	Individual experiencing suicidal ideation.
If onlys	Griever obsession with contingencies that might have averted loss.
Incapacity	Inability to understand and act on received information.
Incidence	Number of new suicides in a given population in a given time span.
Incompetent	Inability to perform necessary duties or functions.
Index suicide	Initial completion precipitating a suicide cluster; see stimulus event.
Indicated intervention	Preventative measures directed at individuals showing risk factors. (Gordon).
Indirect suicide	Death as unintended result of high risk behavior.
Inhume	Internment; burial or entombment of the deceased.
Injury events	Epidemiological term for accidents, homicides, and suicides.
Inpatient	Individual admitted to a stay at a hospital or institution.
Inpatient suicide	Completion of suicide by patient at a hospital or institution.
Intent	Individual's desire to die and belief that death would follow action.
Intent, first degree	Completion was planned by the victim.
Intent, second degree	Completion was impulsive and unplanned on part of the victim.
Intent, third degree	Voluntary self-injury with low completion intention on the part of the attempter.
Intentional underreporting	Purposeful misrepresentation of a suicide death as due to another cause.
Interdisciplinary	Involving more than one clinical/scientific discipline.
Interpersonal suicide	Completion associated with the loss of an interpersonal relationship.
Interpersonal therapy	Addresses patient's relationships with family, friends, and co-workers.
Inquest	Coroner's investigation to establish cause of death.
Intervener	Individual involved in effort to prevent an attempter from completing suicide.
Intervention	Interceding to prevent harm or reduce risk.
Involuntary hospitalization	See involuntary commitment (AKA involuntary civil commitment) .
Involuntary commitment	Short-term emergency hospitalization of an individual deemed a danger to self/others.

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