Citation

Chiles JA, Strosahl KD, Ping ZY, Michael MC, Hall K, Jemelka R, Senn B, Reto C. Am. J. Psychiatry 1989; 146(3): 339-344.

Affiliation

Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, University of Washington School of Medicine, Seattle 98104.

Copyright

(Copyright © 1989, American Psychiatric Association)

DOI

unavailable

PMID

2919691

Abstract

The authors compared 37 patients in the People's Republic of China and 46 patients in the United States who were having difficulty with suicidal thinking or behavior. Hopelessness, reasons for living, and suicidal efficacy showed none of the expected relationships with suicidal intent among the Chinese patients, but the two groups were similar on many variables theoretically related to suicidality. Chinese patients were less likely to communicate suicidal intent and rated suicide as less effective at solving problems. The authors examine such variations in the light of possibly different cultural approaches to suicidal behavior.

Language: en