Suicide has ever been a challenging public health problem in China, and has accounted for approximately 17% of all suicide deaths across the world.1 With the rising economic levels and great social changes, a dramatic decline in suicide rates has been observed in China since the economic reform policy enacted dated back to 1970s.2, 3, 4 The underlying mechanisms of the rapid declines are complicated and cannot be fully explained by the suicide theories that are mainly originated from western cultures.
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LA - en SN - 2666-6065 UR - http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.lanwpc.2021.100356 ID - ref1 ER -