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Problems and Priorities in Research on Suicidal Behaviours: An Overview with Canadian Implications

Publication: Canadian Journal of Community Mental Health
April 1985

Abstract

This paper reviews research progress and research priorities in the study of suicidal behaviour as a preliminary to implementing a community-based program of education and prevention of suicidal behaviours. Among the priorities for Canadian research and evaluation which this review has identified are better statistical base for Canadian suicidology; the study of regional and ecological variations in suicidal behaviour in Canada; the role of social stress, unemployment, and social change; family stability and disruption; the role of biological factors, mental illness, and alcoholism; the taxonomy of suicidal behaviours; the social meanings of suicide at the community level; and the increasing rates of suicidal behaviour in young people and associated age cohorts.

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Le présent article fait le point sur l'état actuel de la recherche et les priorités d'analyse portant sur le comportement suicidaire; il s'agit d'une étude préliminaire servant à l'implantation d'un programme communautaire d'éducation et de prévention en cette matière. Parmi les priorités de recherche et d'évaluation identifiées par ce relevé, on note une meilleure base statistique pour la suicidologic canadienne; l'étude des variations régionales et écologiques dans le comportement suicidaire; l'influence du stress social, du chômage et du changement social; la stabilité et l'éclatement de la famille; le rôle des facteurs biologiques, de la maladie mentale et de l'alcoolisme; la taxonomie des comportements suicidaires; la signification sociale du suicide pour la communauté; et l'augmentation du taux de comportement suicidaire chez les jeunes et dans les groupes d'age semblables.

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cover image Canadian Journal of Community Mental Health
Canadian Journal of Community Mental Health
Volume 4Number 1April 1985
Pages: 15 - 49

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Version of record online: 28 April 2009

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Christopher Bagley
The University of Calgary
Richard Ramsay
The University of Calgary

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