Resource Tag: MOBILITY
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Parasuicide in Vasterbotten County, Umea, Sweden 1989 – 1991 (IN: Attempted Suicide in Europe: Findings From the Multicentre Study on Parasuicide…, ed. by A J F M Kerkhof et al)
This chapter presents the epidemiology of parasuicide in an area of northern Sweden with a traditionally low suicide rate. 934 parasuicide events were reported during the 3-year period. Rates remained quite stable with higher rates for females. Identified risk groups: unemployed (especially females), women living alone with children, & persons living in separation situations (especially […]
The Epidemiology of Attempted Suicide in Padua, Italy 1989 – 1991 (IN: Attempted Suicide in Europe: Findings From the Multicentre Study on Parasuicide…, edited by A J F M Kerkhof et al)
This chapter describes the Italian Health System & presents the epidemiology of parasuicide in the city of Padua, region of Veneto. The data was gathered from 480 events by 422 different persons over the 3-year period. The highest rate for women was 182/100,000 (30-34 years) & for men, 114/100,000 (70-74 years). Compared to a 1986 […]
Stress and Suicide in the U.S. Army: Effects of Relocation on Service Members’ Mental Health
The timing & rate of suicide were investigated in the U.S. Army, & moves do not appear to have been a strong determinant of suicide during 1980-83. The significant migration from civilian to military life did not produce a detectable increase in the Army suicide rate compared to that of civilians. Further, the timing of […]
Runaway and Homeless Youth in New York City: a Report to the Ittleson Foundation, New York City
This report examines the plight of runaway & homeless youths in New York City. The authors detail demographic information, the number of children who seek shelter, psychiatric problems, school & academic achievements, the home life of runaways, sexual behaviour, health, histories of family violence, foster care, & what help they want. More than 50% come […]
Teen-age Suicide in the Sun Belt: An Idyllic Dallas Suburb is Discovering the Sorrows of Rootlessness and Isolation
This article describes the experience of Plano, Texas, a Dallas suburb where there have been 16 suicide attempts by adolescents to date this year. Among the theories offerred to explain this phenomenon are the fact that Plano is a city of newcomers with a highly mobile population, cliques in the schools, a number of broken […]
Urban-Rural Suicide Differentials in Minnesota 1967-1973
Suicide rates for Minnesota Metropolitan & small urban counties increased while rural counties experienced a rate decrease. Suicide trends are identified for specific age sex groups. If these trends continue, Minnesota`s suicide rates may soon surpass the national average.
Comparative Study of Attempted Suicides and Psychiatric Out-Patients
This study examines five factors of social disorganization: the broken home, unstabilizing factor in the household, unemployment, change(s) of address & marital disharmony, among a case group of 91 attempted suicides & a matched sample of 91 controls. The greater prevalence of disorganization in each of these areas in the case group compared with the […]
Relationship of 1977 State Suicide Rates to Population Increase and Immigration
The 1977 suicide rates for the United States were related significantly to their rates of population increase and immigration. These results, replicated in previous studies, provide additional support for Durkheim’s hypothesized relationship between suicide rates and societal integration, since high rates of immigration and population increase are likely to characterize geographical areas with low social […]
The Effects of Age Composition on Suicide in Traditional and Industrial Societies
Tested the hypothesis of a direct relationship between the rate of suicide and the proportion of elderly in society with data from 45 traditional and industrialized countries. The most important variable was proportion of elderly, followed by the rate of economic growth. Results support the hypothesis.
Black Suicide and the Relational System: Theoretical and Empirical Implications of Communal and Familial Ties (Micro ED156765)
Study of the relationships between the rise in number of black suicides and a weakening of communal and family ties, focusing on the “isolating effect” of immigration and living alone. (KB)
Revisions and Further Tests of the Theory of Status Integration and Suicide (Micro HV 6545 T44 1971)
Evaluation of the theory of status integration and suicide proposed by Gibbs and Martin. Data from the 1950 and 1960 United States census, the 1961 Canadian census data and suicide incidence statistics for comparable years were used. (KB)
An Ethnographic Look at Black Upward Mobility as it Relates to Internalization Versus Externalization Factors in the Increase of Black Suicide (Micro E 185.89 S8H64 1976)
Study to explore the hypothsis that the recent increase in black suicides was due to the recent upswing in financial mobility for blacks; in short the moving from lower to middle class status. 102 suicides in Los Angeles were reviewed and six cases selected for a psychological autopsy. (KB)
Suicide (Medical HV 6545 G52 1968) (Copy also available in SIEC reference)
Fourteen readings on suicidal behavior; part 1 provides an overview of the problem and the variation in suicide rates and surveys the theories and reseach findings; part 2 deals with the individual case with papers on psychodynamics, psychoanalytic psychology, family problems and neuropsychiatric patients; part 3 covers aspects such as social status, occupational mobility, violent […]