Abstract
Suicide is conceptualized as an action which occurs in a variety of settings. The importance of personality, genetics, alcohol abuse, socioeconomic status and relationship with partner is introduced. The hegemony of mental disorder in suicide is disputed. The potency of multiple factors acting concurrently is described, giving details of twenty cases.
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Saxby Pridmore ;Introduction, Suicide and Predicament: Life is a Predicament (2010) 1: 1. https://doi.org/10.2174/978160805169411001010001
DOI https://doi.org/10.2174/978160805169411001010001 |
Publisher Name Bentham Science Publisher |