Culture matters in suicidal behaviour patterns and prevention, psychologist says
Friday, August 13, 2010 - 02:14
in Psychology & Sociology
Women and girls in the United States consider and engage in suicidal behaviour more often than men and boys, but die of suicide at lower rate - a gender paradox enabled by U.S. cultural norms of gender and suicidal behaviour, according to a psychologist who spoke Thursday at the 118th Annual Convention of the American Psychological Association...