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Suicide in early China and the current West
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Pridmore, S and Pridmore, W, Suicide in early China and the current West, Australasian Psychiatry, 26, (6) pp. 651-654. ISSN 1039-8562 (2018) [Refereed Article]
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© The Royal Australian and New Zealand College of Psychiatrists 2018
DOI: doi:10.1177/1039856218781013
Abstract
Objectives: To characterize suicide in early China, as a means of extending knowledge of this behaviour.
Methods: We examined Romance of the Three Kingdoms, and collated and considered relevant details.
Results: In early China, loss of authority/status, loved ones and fortune were triggers for suicide. The expression of the intention to suicide, either by word or action, was observed and elicited a placating response. Less frequent, but nevertheless clearly recorded, were accounts of suicide completed to satisfy the wishes of others.
Conclusions: The suicide and related behaviour of early China shares many features with late Western societies, but one form (to satisfy the wishes of others) is currently undetected.
Item Details
Item Type: | Refereed Article |
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Keywords: | suicide, mental disorder, predicament suicide, history |
Research Division: | Health Sciences |
Research Group: | Health services and systems |
Research Field: | Mental health services |
Objective Division: | Health |
Objective Group: | Public health (excl. specific population health) |
Objective Field: | Mental health |
UTAS Author: | Pridmore, S (Professor Saxby Pridmore) |
UTAS Author: | Pridmore, W (Dr William Pridmore) |
ID Code: | 126772 |
Year Published: | 2018 |
Deposited By: | Medicine |
Deposited On: | 2018-06-22 |
Last Modified: | 2019-09-09 |
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