Citation

Goldney RD. New Ideas Psychol. 2003; 21(2): 141-146.

Copyright

(Copyright © 2003, Elsevier Publishing)

DOI

10.1016/S0732-118X(03)00016-3

PMID

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Abstract

Psycho-social and biological theories of suicide are sometimes presented in a dichotomous manner. It is hypothesised that there is a base rate of suicide in all communities which is influenced not only by biological factors, but also by psycho-social factors. However, various countries or specific groups or regions within a country whose suicide rate diverges significantly from this base rate do so predominantly because of psycho-social factors. This theory has practical implications in terms of where certain countries or regions should focus their suicide prevention programmes. © 2003 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.

Language: en

Keywords

Suicide; Theory; Biological; Medical model; Psycho-social