Citation

Jones E. J. Christ. Nurs. 2010; 27(3): 252-257.

Affiliation

Department of Psychiatry, University of Illinois, Chicago College of Medicine, USA.

Copyright

(Copyright © 2010, Nurses Christian Fellowship, Publisher Lippincott Williams and Wilkins)

DOI

unavailable

PMID

20632483

Abstract

A challenge in preventing suicide is to provide a person hope so that she or he can see that suicide is not the only way out. Narratives or stories from varied sources can be a helpful tool to assist patients in putting a confusing or frightening reality into some sort of framework. Whatever one's theological preference, biblical narratives can place untenable events into a positive, hopeful mental framework, helping people make structure and sense out of seeming chaos.

Language: en