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Youth Suicide: A Psychosocial Perspective
Author(s) -
Hendin Herbert
Publication year - 1987
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.1987.tb01027.x
Subject(s) - psychosocial , perspective (graphical) , suicide prevention , psychodynamics , poison control , human factors and ergonomics , injury prevention , psychology , occupational safety and health , developmental psychology , medicine , psychiatry , medical emergency , psychotherapist , pathology , artificial intelligence , computer science
I draw on my studies in different cultures and subcultures and in different age groups to develop a psychosocial perspective for viewing youthful suicide. This perspective utilizes disciplines ranging from demography to psychodynamics to discuss the relationship of violence to suicide; the role of families in producing youngsters who become preoccupied with death and suicide; and the directions that seem most profitable for future research.