Some comparisons are made in L. BEALL'S article between the psychopathology of suicides in Scandinavian countries and that in Japan. The high suicide rate in Japan is attributed to the guilt-inducing masochistic style in Japanese culture.
Get full access to this article
View all access options for this article.
References
1.
Hendin, H.Suicide in Scandinavia. New York: Grune and Stratton, 1964.
2.
Iga, M. " Japanese Adolescent Suicide and Social Structure." In Essays in Self-Destruction, edited by E. S. Shneidman.New York: Science House, 1967.
