Full Description
This book systematically presents and classifies the latest advances in suicide research in contemporary China, examines the status quo of suicides in China and analyzes the reasons for suicides among three high-risk groups, namely: rural females, teenagers, and the elderly. It reveals the deep-seated influence of traditional Chinese values and socio-cultural customs on suicide and puts forward a way to prevent suicide. This book argues that high suicide rates stem from flaws in the social fabric. Effectively reducing suicide rates and mitigating the damage done by suicide as a social disease is not only the responsibility of the state government, but also that of social, educational and medical professionals.
Contents
Suicidal Behaviors Pervasively Exist with Human Beings.- Suicide Researches in China.- The Research on the Rate, Means and Space-time of Suicide in China.- The Research on Chinese Female Suicide Problem.- The Research on Chinese Teenage Suicide Problem.- The Research on Chinese Elder Suicide Problem.- The Research on Historical and Cultural factors of Suicide in China.- The Prevention of Suicidal Behaviors.
