TY  - JOUR
PY  - 2018//
TI  - Suicide in early China and the current West
JO  - Australasian psychiatry
A1  - Pridmore, Saxby
A1  - Pridmore, William
SP  - 651
EP  - 654
VL  - 26
IS  - 6
N2  - OBJECTIVES: To characterize suicide in early China, as a means of extending knowledge of this behaviour. <br><br>METHODS: We examined Romance of the Three Kingdoms, and collated and considered relevant details. <br><br>RESULTS: In early China, loss of authority/status, loved ones and fortune were triggers for suicide. The expression of the intention to suicide, either by word or action, was observed and elicited a placating response. Less frequent, but nevertheless clearly recorded, were accounts of suicide completed to satisfy the wishes of others. <br><br>CONCLUSIONS: The suicide and related behaviour of early China shares many features with late Western societies, but one form (to satisfy the wishes of others) is currently undetected.<p />  <p>Language: en</p>
LA  - en
SN  - 1039-8562
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/1039856218781013
ID  - ref1
ER  -