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[Psychogenic death and suicide (author's transl)]. 1975

K D Stumpfe

In psychogenic death, the persons finds himself in a seriously distressing situation of which he believes that he has been thrown into this helpless position and that there is no way out. Humans behave passively and die quietly. In suicide, on the other hand, a person ends his life actively. The problem of why, on the one hand, people bring about death actively while in psychogenic death they "let themselves die" is enquired into. In psychogenic death, the difficulties of the emergencies produced by external factors can no longer be coped with mentally: the person wants to live but he cannot go on. In suicide, it seems to the person that the projection of the future, produced by inner factors, is no longer worth living: the person does not want to live, although he could.

UI	MeSH Term	Description	Entries
D006801	Humans	Members of the species Homo sapiens.	Homo sapiens,Man (Taxonomy),Human,Man, Modern,Modern Man
D000223	Adaptation, Psychological	A state of harmony between internal needs and external demands and the processes used in achieving this condition. (From APA Thesaurus of Psychological Index Terms, 8th ed).	Behavior, Adaptive,Healthy Adaptation,Positive Adaptation,Psychological Recovery,Adaptation, Psychologic,Adjustment,Psychological Adaptation,Adaptation, Healthy,Adaptation, Positive,Adaptive Behavior,Adaptive Behaviors,Healthy Adaptations,Positive Adaptations,Psychologic Adaptation,Psychological Recoveries,Recovery, Psychological
D001293	Attitude to Death	Conceptual response of the person to the various aspects of death, which are based on individual psychosocial and cultural experience.	Attitudes to Death,Death, Attitude to,Death, Attitudes to
D012647	Self-Assessment	Appraisal of one's own personal qualities or traits.	Self Assessment,Self Assessment (Psychology),Assessment, Self,Self-Criticism,Assessment, Self (Psychology),Assessments, Self,Assessments, Self (Psychology),Self Assessments,Self Assessments (Psychology),Self Criticism,Self-Assessments,Self-Criticisms
D013315	Stress, Psychological	Stress wherein emotional factors predominate.	Cumulative Stress, Psychological,Emotional Stress,Individual Stressors,Life Stress,Psychological Cumulative Stress,Psychological Stress Experience,Psychological Stress Overload,Psychologically Stressful Conditions,Stress Experience, Psychological,Stress Measurement, Psychological,Stress Overload, Psychological,Stress Processes, Psychological,Stress, Emotional,Stressful Conditions, Psychological,Psychological Stress,Stress, Psychologic,Stressor, Psychological,Condition, Psychological Stressful,Condition, Psychologically Stressful,Conditions, Psychologically Stressful,Cumulative Stresses, Psychological,Experience, Psychological Stress,Individual Stressor,Life Stresses,Measurement, Psychological Stress,Overload, Psychological Stress,Psychologic Stress,Psychological Cumulative Stresses,Psychological Stress Experiences,Psychological Stress Measurement,Psychological Stress Measurements,Psychological Stress Overloads,Psychological Stress Processe,Psychological Stress Processes,Psychological Stresses,Psychological Stressful Condition,Psychological Stressful Conditions,Psychological Stressor,Psychological Stressors,Psychologically Stressful Condition,Stress Experiences, Psychological,Stress Processe, Psychological,Stress, Life,Stress, Psychological Cumulative,Stressful Condition, Psychological,Stressful Condition, Psychologically,Stressor, Individual
D013405	Suicide	The act of killing oneself.	Suicides