Chapter
Myths About Suicide (IN: Suicidal Behavior: Diagnosis and Management, ed. by H L P Resnik)
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This chapter discusses myths of suicide critically. ll have been phrased in a positive way in an attempt to make them false statements. The myths include; general beliefs, sociological causes, psychological & psychiatric causes, biological causes, meteorological & cosmic factors & myths about management of suicidal persons.