title: An economic theory of choice and its implications for suicide.
abstract: An economic model of decision making was examined for its implications for suicide. The model would focus on what permits the suicidal impulse to become manifest rather than what motivates a person to commit suicide.
authors.affiliation: Department of Psychology, Richard Stockton State College, Pomona, NJ 08240.
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Lester
mesh_terms: D002755:Choice Behavior; D003662:Decision Theory; D006801:Humans; D007175:Impulsive Behavior / Q000523:psychology*; D013405:Suicide / Q000523:psychology*