David Jobes, PhD, Catholic University of America, presents as part of the 2023 Suicide-Focused Assessment and Treatment: An Update for Professionals course.
In his talk, Jobes describes how the field of suicidology has been preoccupied for decades in the pursuit of treatments for suicidal people.
As part of that pursuit, Jobes and his colleagues categorize suicidal states in terms of acute versus chronic. According to Jobes, these labels help researchers understand differing responses people may have to treatments.