TY  - JOUR
PY  - 2002//
TI  - Historical Perspectives on Suicide and Suicide Prevention in Sweden
JO  - Archives of suicide research
A1  - Mäkinen, Ilkka Henrik
A1  - Beskow, Jan
A1  - Jansson, Arne
A1  - Oden, B
SP  - 269
EP  - 284
VL  - 6
IS  - 3
N2  - The suicide panorama is not static but continually changing with the development of society. In this article changes in suicide rates and attitudes towards suicide in Sweden from pre-modern to modern time are described, with suicidal murders as an interesting transitional form. The rates of homicide have decreased, while those of suicide have increased. Changes in attitudes towards suicide have reached different groups in society at different times, leading to very heterogeneous suicide patterns. With increasing social homogeneity there now seems to exist a tendency back towards larger homogeneity of suicide as well. In order to develop suicide prevention into a vital branch of public-health services humanistic, linguistic and social research in suicidology must be encouraged.<p />
LA  - en
SN  - 1381-1118
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/13811110214138
ID  - ref1
ER  -