Rural Suicide

Demographics, Causes, and Treatment Implications

Dados Bibliográficos

ID8905552
AutoresMichael Prazak (0000-0001-5155-380X, University of North Dakota, autor correspondente), Rachel Bacigalupi (University of North Dakota), Stephen C Hamilton (University of North Dakota)
Ano2024
Volume61
Fascículo1
Páginas66-75
Data de publicação2024-08-05
Peer ReviewedSim
Open AccessSim
TipoARTICLE
PeriódicoCommunity Mental Health Journal (JOURNAL)
Identificadores do periódicoISSN: 0010-3853 • E-ISSN: 1573-2789
EditoraSpringer Science+Business Media (PUBLISHER • DE)
DOI10.1007/s10597-024-01327-x
PMID39102059
OpenAlexW4401331664
IdiomaEN
Citações recebidas3
Referências citadas105

Suicide rates in rural areas are higher than urban areas and growing, with current treatment developments only exacerbating this discrepancy. Within individual factors, both age and gender relate to and intersect with personal values related to self-reliance and attitudes toward mental health difficulties and treatment to increase suicide risk. The lethality ubiquitous in rural environments and occupations is a leading factor in rural suicide rates, with other factors such as race alternately noted to be a key factor but with more mixed findings. The cultural values of rural communities as typically negative toward mental health disclosure and treatment contribute to the disengagement of rural communities from treatment that may otherwise prevent suicides, exacerbating the physical lack of treatment access many rural communities experience. Working within the primary care system alongside increased telehealth utilization are suggested to reduce rural suicide rates

Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System · Demographics · Disengagement theory · Economic growth · Environmental health · Ethnic group · Health care · Injury prevention · Mental health · Occupational safety and health · Poison control · Political science · Psychiatry · Public health · Rural area · Sociology · Suicide prevention · Telehealth · Telemedicine · Demography · Homelessness and Social Issues · Human Factors and Ergonomics · Maternal Mental Health During Pregnancy and Postpartum · Medicine · Nursing · Psychology · Suicide and Self-Harm Studies · Gerontology