Zhang Jie,Suicidology in China: rate changes and theoretical explorations[J].SICHUAN MENTAL HEALTH,2022,35(5):393-401
Suicidology in China: rate changes and theoretical explorations
DOI:10.11886/scjsws20220930001
English keywords:Suicide  Suicide rates  Strain Theory of Suicide  Economy  Culture
Fund projects:美国国立精神卫生研究所项目(项目名称:中国农村自杀未遂的社会文化危险因素,项目编号:US NIMH R01 MH068560)
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Zhang Jie* Department of Sociology Central University of Finance and Economics Beijing 100081 China
Center for Suicide Prevention Research Shandong University Ji'nan 250100 China
Department of Sociology State University of New York College at Buffalo Buffalo NY 14222 USA 
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      Over the past few decades, suicide research in China has undergone profound changes, with its findings developing from small to large scales and with research teams transiting from novice to seasoned professional. During the same period, the suicide rate of the China's population on the mainland has experienced rapid switching from high to low, and theories have emerged to explain the changes in suicide and suicide rate. This paper summarized the historical development and current status of suicide research in China in recent decades, and expounded the reasons for the sharp decline of the suicide rate in mainland China from the economic and cultural aspects, and used Strain Theory of Suicide to systematically explain the changes in suicide and the rate.
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