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Social suicide

R W Maris1

  • 1University of South Carolina, USA.

Suicide & Life-Threatening Behavior
|April 1, 1997
PubMed
Summary

Suicide, often seen as private, is significantly influenced by social factors and pathologies. Effective suicide prevention necessitates broad social, economic, and cultural changes, not solely individual treatments.

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Area of Science:

  • Sociology
  • Psychology
  • Public Health

Background:

  • Suicide is commonly perceived as an isolated, individual act.
  • However, societal influences and pathologies play a crucial role in suicidal behavior.
  • Understanding these social dynamics is key to addressing the phenomenon.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To challenge the notion of suicide as purely a private action.
  • To explore the concept of "social suicide" and its various manifestations.
  • To advocate for a broader approach to suicide prevention.

Main Methods:

  • Analysis of "social suicide" cases, defined as intentional simultaneous self-harm by multiple individuals.
  • Examination of examples including mass suicide, organizational self-destruction, and military suicide.
  • Review of social analogues to individual suicide.

Main Results:

  • Social forces and pathologies are integral to the dynamics of suicide, interacting with individual factors.
  • "Social suicide" encompasses diverse group phenomena, highlighting collective self-destructive tendencies.
  • Individual characteristics alone do not fully explain suicidal behavior.

Conclusions:

  • Suicide prevention requires comprehensive social, economic, and cultural transformations.
  • Primary prevention strategies must address societal issues, moving beyond individual-focused interventions.
  • Psychotherapy and medication are insufficient without systemic change.

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