Citation

Levín SA. Vertex 2014; XXV(115): 225-230.

Vernacular Title

Suicidio, palabra maldita (muerte, palabra prohibida).

Affiliation

Capítulo de Historia y Epistemología de la Psiquiatría, APSA. Departamento de Salud Mental, Facultad de Medicina, UBA. santiagolevin@gmail.com.

Copyright

(Copyright © 2014, Polemos)

DOI

unavailable

PMID

25546545

Abstract

This paper addresses four main questions regarding suicide: Death, as a substitute to Sex as a Tabu, the lack of a theory capable of rendering a comprehensive concept, the dichotomy severing epidemiology from clinics; and lastly the notion of the good treatment as the best preventive approach to the individual patient.

Language: es