TY  - JOUR
PY  - 2020//
TI  - Suicide and mental disorder: A necessary critique
JO  - Papeles del psicólogo : revista del Colegio Oficial de Psicólogos
A1  - García-Haro, J.
A1  - García-Pascual, H.
A1  - González, M.G.
A1  - Barrio-Martínez, S.
A1  - García-Pascual, R.
SP  - 35
EP  - 42
VL  - 41
IS  - 1
N2  - This article analyzes, from a critical and reflexive approach, the relationship between suicide and mental disorder. The figure provided by the World Health Organization reporting that 90% of suicides are due to a mental disorder is debated. It is concluded that an uncritical acceptance of this figure implies: 1) a confusion between a risk factor and a psychiatric causality, 2) a reductionist idea of suicide and suicidal behavior seen as a "symptom", a "natural" evolution, or even as a mental disorder in itself, and 3) finally, it involves the cancellation of the intimate nucleus of the suicidal phenomenon that is the decision-action capacity of a person-in-a-context. These conclusions help us to think about suicide in a way that goes beyond the biomedical approach and the diagnostic factor. © 2020, Colegio Oficial de Psicologos. All rights reserved.<p /> <p>Language: en</p>
LA  - en
SN  - 0214-7823
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.23923/pap.psicol2020.2919
ID  - ref1
ER  -