Multicultural perspectives on suicide

Author(s): Leach, M. M., McIntyre, D., PoseyDeters, P. B., Marion, M. S., Kovac, S. H., Banos, J. H., Vigil, J.

Journal/Book: Aggress Violent Behavior. 1999; 4: the Boulevard Langford Lane, Kidlington, Oxford Ox5 1GB, England. Pergamon-Elsevier Science Ltd. 413-430.

Abstract: Cultural differences exist as to suicide rates, suicide attempts, suicide attitudes such as acceptability, and appropriate treatment of suicide. Although suicide has been studied cross-nationally to highlight cross-cultural differences, the nuances of suicide among racioethnic groups within the United States have been at times been overlooked. The present article discusses suicide among the four (African American, Hispanic American Native American, Asian American) most populous minority sociopolitical groups in the United States, and makes culture-specific recommendations for treatment and research.

Note: Article Range LM, Univ So Mississippi, Dept Psychol, Hattiesburg,MS 39406 USA

Keyword(s): suicide; culture; socioculture; AMERICAN-INDIAN SUICIDE; MEXICAN-AMERICANS; ATTITUDES; PREVENTION; DIRECTIONS; POPULATION; JAPANESE; STUDENTS

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