Suicide prevention in low- and middle-income countries: Part perceptions, partial solutions

Abstract

Suicide, a common cause of death in many low- and middle-income countries, has often been viewed through a medical/ psychiatric lens. Such perspectives medicalise social and personal distress and suggest individual and medication-based treatments. This editorial argues for the need to examine suicide from a public health perspective and suggests the need for population-based social and economic inteiventions.