Citation

Vallée D. Cahiers Critiques de Therapie Familiale et de Pratiques de Reseaux 2008; 40(1): 237-252.

Copyright

(Copyright © 2008)

DOI

10.3917/ctf.040.0237

PMID

unavailable

Abstract

An attempted suicide indicates certain latent difficulties of a family system to adapt when confronted to the departure of one of its members. It happen within a framework where autonomy is experienced as a threat to the whole family. The suicide in itself reveals the family inability to evolve and to adapt itself to the surrounding ecosystem that constitutes a dynamic space in constant evolution. In such cases, autonomy is equivalent to death implying an impossible adaptation of the family to a world in perpetual motion. © De Boeck Université. Tous droits réservés pour tous pays.

Language: fr

Keywords

Suicide; Adolescence; Suicide attempt; Family therapy; Autonomy