Culture matters in suicidal behavior patterns and prevention, psychologist says

Thursday, August 12, 2010 - 22:14 in Psychology & Sociology

Women and girls in the United States consider and engage in suicidal behavior more often than men and boys, but die of suicide at a lower rate -- a gender paradox enabled by US cultural norms of gender and suicidal behavior, according to a psychologist.

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