?url_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Adc&rft.title=A+Coherence+Optimization+Model+of+Suicide&rft.creator=Cernat%2C+Vasile&rft.subject=Clinical+Psychology&rft.subject=Cognitive+Psychology&rft.subject=Social+Psychology&rft.description=This+article+describes+a+model+that+approaches+both+individual+and+social+dimensions+of+suicide.+At+the+individual+level%2C+the+model+construes+suicidal+thoughts+as+optimization+of+coherence+between+relevant+cognitive+unit+sets+(i.e.+collections+of+interrelated+cognitive+units+that+focus+on+a+particular+external+or+internal+object).+It+assumes+that+suicidal+thoughts+are+mostly+affected+by+the+manner+individuals+construe+their+egos%2C+their+economic%2C+relational%2C+professional%2C+and+health+situations%2C+as+well+as+life%2C+death%2C+and+suicide.++At+the+social+level%2C+the+model+argues+that+suicide+rates+depend+on+the+distributions+of+these+cognitive+unit+sets+and+of+the+connections+between+them.+The+model+has+been+implemented+in+a+computer+program+that+simulates+important+characteristics+of+suicide+rates.&rft.date=2000&rft.type=Preprint&rft.type=NonPeerReviewed&rft.format=text%2Fhtml&rft.identifier=http%3A%2F%2Fcogprints.org%2F1081%2F1%2Fcoherencesuicide.htm&rft.identifier=++Cernat%2C+Vasile++(2000)+A+Coherence+Optimization+Model+of+Suicide.++%5BPreprint%5D+++++&rft.relation=http%3A%2F%2Fcogprints.org%2F1081%2F