Why do people kill themselves? The major historical theories of suicidal behaviour

Résumé

This issue of iE [InfoExchange] presents a brief review of suicidal theory, and focuses mostly on those formulated from a psychological or sociological perspective. Although this review is far from exhaustive, it will give the reader a glimpse of the various interpretations of suicidal behaviour that have formed from the late 19th century to the present day. THÉORIE SUICIDOLOGIE SOCIOLOGIE PSYCHOLOGIE HISTOIRE DURKHEIM DÉSESPOIR SOUFFRANCE-PSYCHOLOGIQUE DÉTRESSE-PSYCHOLOGIQUE PERCEPTION-SOI FARDEAU APPARTENANCE ÉMOTION