Suicidal Behavior in Black South Africans

In the past suicidal behavior among Black South Africans has been largely underresearched. Earlier studies among the other main ethnic groups in the country showed suicidal behavior in those groups to be a serious problem. This article briefly reviews some of the more recent research on suicidal beh...

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Published in:Crisis : the journal of crisis intervention and suicide prevention 2003, Vol.24 (1), p.24-28
Main Authors: Schlebusch, Lourens, Vawda, Naseema B.M, Bosch, Brenda A
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Adolescent
Adult
African Americans - statistics & numerical data
African Continental Ancestry Group
African Cultural Groups
Attempted Suicide
Black People
Comorbidity
Female
Government Policy Making
Human
Humans
Male
Mental Disorders
Middle Aged
Racism
Social Change
Sociocultural Factors
South Africa - epidemiology
Suicide - statistics & numerical data
Trends
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Summary:In the past suicidal behavior among Black South Africans has been largely underresearched. Earlier studies among the other main ethnic groups in the country showed suicidal behavior in those groups to be a serious problem. This article briefly reviews some of the more recent research on suicidal behavior in Black South Africans. The results indicate an apparent increase in suicidal behavior in this group. Several explanations are offered for the change in suicidal behavior in the reported clinical populations. This includes past difficulties for all South Africans to access health care facilities in the Apartheid (legal racial separation) era, and present difficulties of post-Apartheid transformation the South African society is undergoing, as the people struggle to come to terms with the deleterious effects of the former South African racial policies, related socio-cultural, socio-economic, and other pressures.
ISSN:0227-5910
2151-2396
DOI:10.1027//0227-5910.24.1.24