I'm not sure why this link was posted here, except that it's to do with a worldwide phenomenon -- suicide -- with other places also at times having a higher incidence than usual. In New Zealand there's a concern about how high it is amongst our farmers. Providing social support -- meeting up with others (even "dry pubs") -- and whole--of-life QoL is important -- not just surviving, see here:
http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com...ssCustomisedMessage=
Baiden, the principal author, has also done some good work in the area of childhood adversities, so he's worth looking into
Jane Stevens posted:Hi, Russell -- Thanks for this info, and for your point about suicide being tied to only (or mostly) sexual abuse, especially, as you point out, other forms of adversity have at least an equal effect.
there's this chapter on the history of attention being paid to various forms of childhood abuse that gives some fascinating insights into this -- sexual abuse is also easier to measure -- the CTQ, often used in studies of childhood adversity, isn't much good when it comes to things like emotional abuse
believe it not, linking Baiden and Dorahy wasn't a "flight of ideas" promise ;-)