Year: 1988 Source: Acta Psychiatrica Scandinavica, v.78, no.2, (August 1988). p.147-155 SIEC No: 19890679

Parallels are shown btwn progress towards female (F) independ. & inc. in F suicide & dec. in M/F suicide ratio. High rates occur among professional Fs in urban areas with significant correlations btwn suicide & deaths by cirrhosis. It is concluded that alcoholism often leads to suicide; in Fs taboos about alcoholism & suicide explain a higher incidence among culturally freer professional groups. F independ. will cause a rise in alcoholism which with other factors will cause an inc. in F suicide.