Suicide and sensibility

Suicide is a domain of darkness. Entrenched in the biomedical world, suicide is commonly addressed as a complication of mental illness-usually depression-regardless of historic and social contexts, factors critical in Australian Aboriginal suicide. Prevention programs disappoint, partly because they...

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Published in:Death studies 2017-09, Vol.41 (8), p.542-550
Main Author: Tatz, Colin
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Australia - ethnology
Humans
Native culture
Native peoples
Suicide - ethnology
Suicide - psychology
Suicide Prevention
Suicides & suicide attempts
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Summary:Suicide is a domain of darkness. Entrenched in the biomedical world, suicide is commonly addressed as a complication of mental illness-usually depression-regardless of historic and social contexts, factors critical in Australian Aboriginal suicide. Prevention programs disappoint, partly because they don't differentiate between suicide categories in their strategies. Furthermore, statistics are unreliable, and underreporting remains idiosyncratic despite improved coronial practices. Unhelpfully, coroners may not presume suicide. Critical suicidology is addressing the "science" of suicide, its social significance, the contextual factors, and the reporting problems; it also proposes a sensible rethinking of attitudes toward, and education about, this taboo-laden topic.
ISSN:0748-1187
1091-7683
1091-7683
DOI:10.1080/07481187.2017.1333358