title: Suicide and forced marriage.
abstract: BACKGROUND
  The prevailing view that the vast majority of those who complete suicide have an underlying psychiatric disorder has been recently challenged by research on the contribution of "predicaments", in the absence of mental illness, to suicide. In this paper, we sought data to support the notion that forced marriage may lead to suicide without the presence of psychiatric disorder.
  
  
  METHODS
  Historical records, newspapers, and the electronic media were searched for examples.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Two examples from ancient times and six from the last hundred years were located and described.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  These cases suggest that forced marriage may lead to suicide and complements earlier findings that loss of fortune, health, liberty, and reputation may lead to suicide in the absence of mental disorder.
authors: Discipline of Psychiatry, University of Tasmania, Hobart, Tasmania, Australia.
authors: Saxby
authors: S
authors: Pridmore
authors: Garry
authors: G
authors: Walter
keywords: marriage; prevention; social condition suicide
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