Citation

Whitaker LC. J. Coll. Stud. Psychother. 1990; 4(3-4): 79-98.

Copyright

(Copyright © 1990, Informa - Taylor and Francis Group)

DOI

10.1300/J035v04n03_05

PMID

unavailable

Abstract

This chapter explicates three prevalent and insidious morbidity-inducing cultural myths and suggests how they may be countered in terms of individual and group approaches to help prevent college student suicide. These myths are the stigmatizing of psychologically troubled persons and mental health services, the confusion of machismo with genuine masculinity, and the confusion of depression with natural sadness. Udnerstanding these myths and their collective potentiation of suicidal behavior may help to explain epidemiologic findings, particularly the phenomenal increase in recent decades of young male suicide, and to design preventive methods. © 1990 by The Haworth Press, Inc. All rights reserved.

Language: en