Suicide: The Five Perspectives Of Biological Psychology

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Suicide Biological, psychodynamic, behavioral, cognitive, and humanistic are the five main perspectives of psychology. Suicidal intentions are a psychological issue that are battled with by many in day to day living and has become more common over the years. Let us start with behavioral psychology. This mainly involves the actions, emotions, and thoughts of a patient. Someone with suicidal thoughts tends to be fairly sad and depressed most of the time and may feel ignored or unwanted. In turn, this makes their actions seem distant as if they wanted to be left alone at all times. Biological psychology stays focused on traits that are passed down from generation to generation. This may be better known as genetics. Patients who inherit psychological

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