Culture Matters in Suicidal Behavior Patterns and Prevention, Colorado State University Psychologist Says
August 13, 2010
August 13, 2010
FORT COLLINS, Colo., Aug. 13 -- Colorado State University issued the following news release:
Women and girls in the United States consider and engage in suicidal behavior more often than men and boys, but die of suicide at lower rate - a gender paradox enabled by U.S. cultural norms of gender and suicidal behavior, according to a Colorado State University psychologist who spoke Thursday at the 118th Annual Convention of the American Psychological Association.
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Women and girls in the United States consider and engage in suicidal behavior more often than men and boys, but die of suicide at lower rate - a gender paradox enabled by U.S. cultural norms of gender and suicidal behavior, according to a Colorado State University psychologist who spoke Thursday at the 118th Annual Convention of the American Psychological Association.
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