title: Islam and suicide: a short personal communication.
abstract: Islamic countries display lower suicide rates compared to the other countries of the world. Since most studies dealing with the relationships between Islam and suicide have focused on the extent of the problem and not the underlying mechanisms, the focus of this brief communication is to provide a rather more in-depth discussion regarding the mechanism of this relation. It also covers issues which may have an adverse effect on suicide within Islamic countries and consequently tries to sketch a path ahead in the area of suicide research within the Islamic countries.
authors.affiliation: Social Medicine Department, Rafsanjan Medical School, Rafsanjan, Iran. moeygmr2@yahoo.co.uk
authors.forename: Mohsen
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Rezaeian
mesh_terms: D001293:Attitude to Death / Q000208:ethnology*; D003466:Cultural Characteristics; D006801:Humans; D007514:Islam; D012069:Religion and Psychology; D016728:Self-Injurious Behavior / Q000208:ethnology*; D012945:Social Values; D012959:Socioeconomic Factors; D013405:Suicide / Q000208:ethnology*; D013406:Suicide, Attempted / Q000208:ethnology