Views of Different Cultures and Suicide in Different Countries

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Abstract

In this study, we try to explore the concept of “Suicide” in a holistic context. The main focus of the research is on “views of different cultures” and its relation with “different countries”. The research also analyzes many aspects of “views on suicide” and tries to gauge its effect on “it statistics in different countries”. Finally, the research describes the overall effect of “suicide and different views that change the prospective of other people in different countries.

Chapter 1: Introduction

Background

Suicide is defined as any act or omission done with the desire to commit suicide. Suicide occurs in all societies since ancient times. However, throughout history has changed the attitude of society towards this act, their forms and frequency. In Old Europe, especially during the Roman Empire, and even consented Suicide was considered an honorable act. The ancient Romans, under the influence of Stoicism, admitted many legitimate reasons for the practice. The Roman philosopher Seneca extolled as the ultimate act of a free person (Pescosolido, 2009).

However, for Augustine, suicide was a sin. Several early Christian church councils decreed that those who commit suicide are not could apply the ordinary rituals of the Church after his death. In the middle Ages, the Roman Catholic Church explicitly condemned the practice. In medieval laws ordering the confiscation of all properties of suicide and the body suffered any kind of humiliation.

Suicide is death caused intentionally

Suicide attempts, defined as any self-injurious behavior, are different in their motivation, mortality and recurrence. Among the most important factors associated with suicide are the presence of mental illness (especially affective illness, personality disorder and substance abuse), family history of sociality, significant stressor events, progressive physical diseases, availability of firearms, etc. The most common psychiatric causes of attempted suicide are depression, personality, abnormal, and substance abuse (Pescosolido, 2000). Throughout history, the attitude of society towards this event has changed. Suicide is illegal in many countries and is strongly condemned by society for others, especially in countries with majority Christian population.

The current inclination of the periodicity or frequency rates are unclear given that the data are not entirely reliable and are reflected in different ways according to each country. (Gallimard, 2003).

The highest life expectancy in developed nations is likely to push some elderly who have lost a loved one or terminally ill to commit suicide. In the Netherlands and the Northern Territory (Australia) voluntary euthanasia is not illegal. Although there is no law either for protection, if the doctor attending the suicide follows a legal guideline and makes appropriate reports cannot be prosecuted (Dirks, 2002). Some psychologists believe that growing feelings of loneliness, rootlessness and meaninglessness in life contribute to the increased number of suicides in industrialized countries.

Aim of the research

The aim of this research is to introduce the concept of sucide, investigate and discover different cultural views on sucide in different countries, and after analysis reveal the difference in views and try to facilitate, and change their negative view that harms the society, and ...