title: [Suicide, damned word (death, forbidden word)].
abstract: This paper addresses four main questions regarding suicide: Death, as a substitute to Sex as a Tabu, the lack of a theory capable of rendering a comprehensive concept, the dichotomy severing epidemiology from clinics; and lastly the notion of the good treatment as the best preventive approach to the individual patient.
authors.affiliation: Capítulo de Historia y Epistemología de la Psiquiatría, APSA. Departamento de Salud Mental, Facultad de Medicina, UBA. santiagolevin@gmail.com.
authors.forename: Santiago A
authors.initials: SA
authors.lastname: Levín
mesh_terms: D006801:Humans; D013609:Taboo; D009626:Terminology as Topic; D000092864:Suicide Prevention