Premium
Similarities and Differences in Precipitating Events Between Black and Anglo Suicide Attempts
Author(s) -
Bush James A.
Publication year - 1978
Publication title -
suicide and life‐threatening behavior
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.544
H-Index - 90
eISSN - 1943-278X
pISSN - 0363-0234
DOI - 10.1111/j.1943-278x.1978.tb00590.x
Subject(s) - context (archaeology) , suicide prevention , suicide attempt , psychology , mental health , perspective (graphical) , poison control , exploratory research , human factors and ergonomics , psychiatry , demography , medicine , medical emergency , sociology , geography , archaeology , artificial intelligence , computer science , anthropology
The rapid rise in suicide among young Blacks in America the past decade is of increasing concern to mental health practitioners and suicidologists. While there are some similarities among suicide attempts by Blacks and Whites, the pattern is that Black suicide attempters are distinctly more youthful. This exploratory study tests the hypothesis that the precipitating events for young Blacks who consider, plan, and attempt suicide is more likely to be “the loss or threatened loss of a love partner in the context of a negative value‐orientation and intragroup pressures” than among Anglo suicide attempters. Specific strategies are recommended that use a family perspective for assisting Blacks who consider, plan and attempt suicide.