Society People Can Express Their Suicidal Feelings: Eliminating Stigma from Suicide

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  • 「死にたい」と言える社会——自殺のスティグマを超えて——

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<p>How is it possible to create a society that respects human life, human rights, and the individual to the utmost, but does not deny the possibility of living with a “suicidal feeling”? This paper will examine this question from the perspective of both social institutions and social norms. First, based on interviews with volunteer counselors of suicide prevention NPOs, we clarify what it means to accept the “suicidal feeling”. Second, based on Durkheim’s theory of suicide, we show that the avoidance of suicide arises from the basic framework of modern society, in which “culte de la personne, de la dignité individuelle” is a supreme value. Third, we will discuss the accelerating funding difficulties of “just listening” as numerical targets and cost-effectiveness in reducing the number and rate of suicides are being assessed in the recent de-medicalization of suicide prevention.</p>

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  • CRID
    1390299705004011776
  • DOI
    10.18918/jshms.33.2_39
  • ISSN
    21898642
    13430203
  • Text Lang
    ja
  • Data Source
    • JaLC
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