Struggling Against Suicide
- 1 January 2002
- journal article
- review article
- Published by Hogrefe Publishing Group in Crisis: The Journal of Crisis Intervention and Suicide Prevention
- Vol. 23 (1), 23-31
- https://doi.org/10.1027//0227-5910.23.1.23
Abstract
Summary: Transcultural comparisons would be beneficial for both our understanding of suicide phenomena and the setting up of preventative strategies. Changes in attitude throughout history, gender and age differences, socio-economic factors, influence of race and ethnicity, and the impact of religion are among the aspects mentioned in this article. All of them can actually have a considerable effect on suicide rates, and all of them should be taken into account when interpreting suicide trends and designing antisuicide strategies. In fact, both risk and protective factors may vary remarkably in different cultures. The need for an integrative approach is evident today more than ever, and this fact calls for more concerted and coordinated, multidisciplinary approaches to suicide prevention.This publication has 43 references indexed in Scilit:
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