title: [The contribution of research in psychology in the complex comprehension of the etiology of suicide].
abstract: If certain risk factors are known to increase suicidal behaviors, the question is to determine the differential weight of these various risk factors, on which individuals, in which context and in what period of their lives? We have put to test a model that explains different life trajectories leading to suicide. This research allows to surpass a correlation model of identification of risk factors and to target four distinct sub-groups of individuals for whom the developmental history seems quite different. It is clear that suicide is a complex, multidimensional and multilevel issue. Being at the crossroads of many scientific disciplines, psychology may help integrate and connect knowledge with other disciplines in order to clarify the contexts that affect suicidal individuals differently. This knowledge may help in identifying specific prevention interventions that could modify this chain of events leading ultimately to suicide.
authors.affiliation: Groupe McGill d'étude sur le suicide, Département de psychoéducation et de psychologie, Université du Québec en Outaouais.
authors.forename: Monique
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Séguin
authors.forename: Mélanie
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Di Mambro
authors.forename: Annie
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Desgranges
mesh_terms: D035843:Biomedical Research; D006801:Humans; D008016:Life Change Events; D011586:Psychology, Clinical; D013405:Suicide / Q000523:psychology*