TY - JOUR PY - 1988// TI - Rational choice theory and suicide JO - Activitas nervosa superior A1 - Lester, David SP - 309 EP - 312 VL - 30 IS - 4 N2 - The implications of viewing the decision to kill oneself as a rational choice, based on an analysis of the costs and benefits, were explored. Suicide is but one symptom for an individual in distress to choose, and if suicide is prevented, other symptoms may appear in its place. Similarly, a critical question to be asked in suicide prevention is whether restriction of the availability of one method for suicide (such as detoxifying domestic gas or car exhaust) will result in suicidal individuals switching to a different method for suicide or to a different symptom of distress.
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