Why is suicide a social problem?

Suicide is a persistent social and public health problem; every year represents a global crisis that affects contemporary societies. A dominant psychopathological perspective summarizes current understanding. However, empirical evidence suggests that suicide is a complex, ambivalent and multidimensi...

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Main Author: Jonatan Baños Chaparro
Format: Article
Language:Spanish
Published: Centro Provincial de Información de Ciencias Médicas. Cienfuegos 2024-01-01
Series:Medisur
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Online Access:http://medisur.sld.cu/index.php/medisur/article/view/9821
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description Suicide is a persistent social and public health problem; every year represents a global crisis that affects contemporary societies. A dominant psychopathological perspective summarizes current understanding. However, empirical evidence suggests that suicide is a complex, ambivalent and multidimensional phenomenon, involving social, economic, cultural and educational aspects. Every death by suicide is a failure of society and public policies. The purpose of this work is to offer some reasons to conceptualize suicide as a social problem.
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prevención del suicidio
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política de salud
title Why is suicide a social problem?
title_full Why is suicide a social problem?
title_fullStr Why is suicide a social problem?
title_full_unstemmed Why is suicide a social problem?
title_short Why is suicide a social problem?
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topic suicidio
prevención del suicidio
factores sociales
población
política de salud
url http://medisur.sld.cu/index.php/medisur/article/view/9821
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