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Why Women Are Less Likely Than Men to Commit Suicide It is generally held that women would seem to Be at higher risk for suic
Why Women Are Less Likely Than Men to Commit Suicide It is generally held that women would seem to Be at higher risk for suic
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2010-07-19
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Why Women Are Less Likely Than Men to Commit Suicide
It is generally held that women would seem to Be at higher risk for
suicide Because they suffer from depression at a much higher risk rate
than men. But actually women commit suicide about【1】______as often 【1】______
as men.
According the research of George E. Murphy, a professor of psychiatry
at Washington University, women may be protected because of the
way they think about【2】______ and interact with others. 【2】______
Women like to discuss their feelings, seek feedback and take advice.
They are much more likely to tell a physician or a psychiatrist how
they feel and cooperate in the prescribed【3】______. As a result, 【3】______
women get better treatment for their depression.
There are roughly【4】______ suicides in the United States each 【4】______
year, and most of them are men. Although suicide rates are lower among
women, at least 200,000 women are【5】______in suicide attempts 【5】______
annually. But Murphy points out that attempted suicide most often is not
an attempt to actually end one’s life. It is most often an effort to bring
someone’s【6】______, dramatically, to a problem that the individual 【6】______
feels needs to be solved.
Women are less inclined to commit suicide because their thinking is
more【7】______While a man might tend to【8】______ aside 【7】______
seemingly less important issues to get to the core of a problem, a woman【8】______
might take more things into account. She’ll consider not just her feelings
but also the feelings of others—her【9】______, the children, even 【9】______
acquaintances, and how those people will be affected by a decision like
suicide, etc.
In general, men believe they are supposed to be【10】______in 【10】______
all areas. Because they are not, they are at risk. Women, on the other
hand, are much more likely to seek advice and take it.
【6】
Why Women Are Less Likely Than Men to Commit Suicide
Hello, Everybody. The topic of today’s lecture is "Why Women Arc Less Likely Than Men to Commit Suicide". Many studies identified a strong link between suicide and diagnosable mental illness, especially depression. So because women suffer from depression at a much higher risk rate than men, they would seem to be at higher risk for suicide. But women actually commit suicide about one-fourth as often as men.
According the research of George E. Murphy, a professor of psychiatry at Washington University, women may be protected because of the way they think about problems and interact with others.
"Women process their experiences with friends. They discuss their feelings, seek feedback and take advice," Murphy says. "They are much more likely to tell a physician how they feel and cooperate in the prescribed treatment. As a result, women get better treatment for their depression."
That treatment may help protect them from suicide, but there is more to it. The approach to problem-solving is what lands a woman in psychiatrist’s office in the first place. And that approach may be keeping female suicide rates lower than those of men.
There are roughly 30,000 suicides in the United States each year, and three-fourth of those arc men. But the number of attempted suicides is at least 10 times that, and even that estimate classified as lacerations or accidental poisonings when patients receive treatment in hospital emergency rooms.
Although suicide rates are lower among women, women lead men two to one in suicide attempts. So at least 200,000 women are involved in suicide attempts annually. But Murphy points out that attempted suicide most often is not an attempt to actually end one’s life. Its purpose is to survive with changed circumstances.
"An attempted suicide is not really an attempt at suicide in about 95 percent of cases. It is a different phenomenon. It’s most often an effort to bring someone’s attention, dramatically, to a problem that the individual feels needs to be solved. Suicide contains a solution in itself," Murphy says.
In attempted suicide, both men and women tend to use methods that allow for second thoughts or rescue. When people intend to survive, they choose a slowly effective, or ineffective, means such as an overdose of sleeping pills. That contrasts to the all-or-nothing means like gunshots or hanging used by actual suicides.
In the past, researchers who looked at the high rate of attempted suicide in women concluded that women were just not as efficient as men at taking their own lives. Murphy calls that "sexist baloney" and points to statistics that show that like men, women who commit suicide most often use guns. However, even as the number of women using the most lethal means increases, the suicide rate in women has slowly declined.
"So it really goes back to the same thing—that women, when they intend to do it, can be just as effective as men in committing suicide. But they aren’t so inclined, "Murphy says.
Women are less inclined to commit suicide because their thinking is more inclusive. While a man might tend to throw aside seemingly peripheral issues to get to the core of a problem, a woman might take more things into account. She may continue to seek input and process problems long after the point where men decide on a course of action.
"She’ll consider not just her feelings but also the feelings of others—her family, the children, even acquaintances, and how those people will be affected by a decision like suicide," Murphy says. "A man is much less likely to take those things into account. He makes his decision, and it’s about him, so he doesn’t feel the need to share it with anyone else."
But before they ever get to the point of considering suicide, women are much more likely to seek help with their problems. The classic example is asking for directions when driving. Many men refuse to do that, perhaps seeing it as an admission of weakness. They believe they are supposed to be competent in all areas. Because they are not, they are at risk. Women, on the other hand, are much more likely to seek advice and take it.
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