Social isolation and suicide risk: Literature review and perspectives.

Autor:	Motillon-Toudic C; Mental Health Department, Brest Medical University Hospital, Brest, France., Walter M; Mental Health Department, Brest Medical University Hospital, Brest, France., Séguin M; Department of Psychology, Université du Québec en Outaouais, Gatineau, Québec, Canada., Carrier JD; Department of Psychiatry, Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, Université de Sherbrooke, Sherbrooke, Québec, Canada., Berrouiguet S; Mental Health Department, Brest Medical University Hospital, Brest, France.; LaTIM, INSERM, UMR 1101, Brest, France., Lemey C; Mental Health Department, Brest Medical University Hospital, Brest, France.
Jazyk:	angličtina
Zdroj:	European psychiatry : the journal of the Association of European Psychiatrists [Eur Psychiatry] 2022 Oct 11; Vol. 65 (1), pp. e65. Date of Electronic Publication: 2022 Oct 11.
DOI:	10.1192/j.eurpsy.2022.2320
Abstrakt:	Background: Suicide is a major public health problem and a cause of premature mortality. With a view to prevention, a great deal of research has been devoted to the determinants of suicide, focusing mostly on individual risk factors, particularly depression. In addition to causes intrinsic to the individual, the social environment has also been widely studied, particularly social isolation. This paper examines the social dimension of suicide etiology through a review of the literature on the relationship between suicide and social isolation. Methods: Medline searches via PubMed and PsycINFO were conducted. The keywords were "suicid*" AND "isolation." Results: Of the 2,684 articles initially retrieved, 46 were included in the review. Conclusions: Supported by proven theoretical foundations, mainly those developed by E. Durkheim and T. Joiner, a large majority of the articles included endorse the idea of a causal relationship between social isolation and suicide, and conversely, a protective effect of social support against suicide. Moreover, the association between suicide and social isolation is subject to variations related to age, gender, psychopathology, and specific circumstances. The social etiology of suicide has implications for intervention and future research.
Databáze:	MEDLINE
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