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'Connectedness' and Suicide Risk.
The gender disparity in suicide--women are less likely to commit suicide than men--may be explained by such "protective factors" as the social connectedness of women, Dr. George Murphy said at the annual meeting of the American Academy of Clinical Psychiatrists in St. Louis.
An appreciation of these factors could provide clinically useful clues to suicide risk in individuals. Clinically, a lack of relatedness and diminished support systems in depressed women should be taken as a sign of serious suicide risk, said Dr. Murphy of Washington University, St. Louis.
In virtually all societies that have been studied, suicide rates are lower in women than in men. In the United States, for example, the ratio is 1:4, which is particularly striking in light of the fact that depression, a known risk factor for suicide, is twice as prevalent in U.S. women.
In particular, women are likely to take relationships into account when considering suicide, while ...
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Source: HighBeam Research, 'Connectedness' and Suicide Risk.