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Culture and suicide set points
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Pridmore, S and Walter, G, Culture and suicide set points, German Journal of Psychiatry, 16, (4) pp. 143-151. ISSN 1433-1055 (2013) [Refereed Article]
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Copyright 2013 German Journal of Psychiatry
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Abstract
Objective: To demonstrate the importance of culture in suicide, and provide support for fresh conceptualization of the relationship between culture and suicide.
Conclusions: This evidence supports the thesis that culture (the norms and values shared by a group of people living in a defined space) gives rise to recognizable traditions or customs (widely accepted ways of behaving), which come forward in particular circumstances (or "predicaments"), and include suicide. We propose that culture creates "set points" around, which national rates vary. Suicide prevention will only be achieved via strategies, which have a beneficial effect on culture.
Item Details
Item Type: | Refereed Article |
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Keywords: | culture, suicide, suicide prevention, suicide rates, suicide set points |
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) |
ID Code: | 88471 |
Year Published: | 2013 |
Deposited By: | Medicine |
Deposited On: | 2014-02-04 |
Last Modified: | 2014-08-06 |
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