Alcontara And Gone Writing: The Psychological Causes Of Suicide

Suicide stems from a great many risk factors, and research shows that the more risk factors a person is exposed to, the more likely that individual is to commit suicide. Risk factors are interrelated, and therefore, there is a strong correlation between substance abuse, mental illness, and suicidal behavior (Brockie, Dana-Sacco, Wallen, Wilcox, Campbell, 2015). Both drugs and alcohol are coping mechanisms for those who are suffering mental anguish. Alcontara and Gone write, “The psychological risk factors for suicidality have been found to be generally similar across populations and broadly include comorbidity with psychiatric and substance use disorders, family and personal history of suicidality, history of abuse (sexual and=or physical