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Jun 6, 2024 · The Social Work Podcast provides information on all things social work, including direct practice (both clinical and community organizing), research, policy, education... and everything in between. Join your host, Jonathan Singer, Ph.D., LCSW, as he explores topics near and dear to every social worker's heart.
Jonathan B. Singer, Ph.D., LCSW is Professor at Loyola University Chicago's School of Social Work, Past-President of the American Association of Suicidology and coauthor of two editions of the best-selling text, Suicide in Schools: A Practitioner's Guide to Multi-level Prevention, Assessment, Intervention, and Postvention.
- Preferred and Problematic Terminology
- Harry Dies by Suicide
- Some Additional Terms
- Keep Talking
Knowing which suicide-related words are preferred or problematic can be tricky. The language of suicide is the source of frequent debate and change (O’Carroll, 1996). Terms that were once widely accepted, such as “commit suicide,” “parasuicidal,” or “suicide gesture,” are now discouraged (Easter, 2015). Older terms, such as “survivor,” which referr...
As an illustration, we constructed a hypothetical rant by an agency caseworker, in which the worker uses several problematic terms and concepts. As you read each term or concept, we’d like you to do two things: 1) Think about why it is problematic, and 2) Think of an acceptable term or concept: What a week. First, Frequent Flyer Harry successfully ...
Some terms that are commonly used in professional conversations and documentation related to suicide and self-injury are listed below (Erbacher, Singer, & Poland, 2015): Suicide The act of intentionally ending one's life. Suicidal ideation Thoughts of ending one’s life Suicide attempt Any non-fatal potentially injurious behavior with intent to end ...
When it comes to suicide, language matters. Please keep this conversation going. What suicide-related concepts, words, or phrases do you use? If this article changes the way you think and speak about suicide, please let us know. Comment below or on your favorite social media outlet using #LanguageMatters. References Boroditsky, L. (2011). How langu...
Jonathan B. Singer, PhD, LCSW, is a professor at Loyola University Chicago’s School of Social Work, past president of the American Association of Suicidology, and coauthor of two editions (2015 and 2024) of the best-selling text, Suicide in Schools: A Practitioner’s Guide to Multi-level Prevention, Assessment, Intervention, and Postvention.
Jonathan Singer, PhD, LCSW, is a Professor in the School of Social Work at Loyola University Chicago. Dr. Singer has had a long-standing interest in the role of technology in social work practice.
2006. Articles 1–20. Professor, Loyola University Chicago - Cited by 1,463 - suicide - youth - social work - qualitative research - technology.
Jonathan B. Singer, PhD, LCSW graduated with his MSW from UT-Austin in 1996. For the next eight years, he worked as a bilingual (English – Spanish) social worker in community mental health. His experience includes working on a mobile crisis intervention unit for suicidal, homicidal, and actively psychotic youth, providing home-based ...
