Citation

Baker FM. J. Natl. Med. Assoc. 1990; 82(7): 495-507.

Affiliation

Department of Psychiatry, University of Texas Health Science Center, San Antonio.

Copyright

(Copyright © 1990, National Medical Association (USA))

DOI

unavailable

PMID

2204709

PMCID

PMC2626959

Abstract

The national rates of completed suicide in the black population between 1950 and 1981 are presented, including age-adjusted rates. Specific studies of black suicide attempters and completed suicides by blacks in several cities are discussed. Methodological problems with existing studies and national suicide statistics are presented. Proposed theories of black suicide are reviewed. Based on a summary of the characteristics of black suicide attempters reported by the literature, preventive strategies--primary, secondary, and tertiary--are presented.

Language: en