ypes can change over time. In other words, the proportion of suicidal-prone individuals in a population is socioculturally determined. Further, changing social conditions can either trigger or suppress the suicidal urge of these types of selves. In conclusion, suicide seems to be a highly complex phenomenon that involves interactions between genetic, biochemical, psychological, societal and cultural factors (Hendin, 1984).I personally believe that suicide is a selfish act committed by an individual as an answer to their problems. Many times, such as written in this research paper, the cause of suicide can be determined by psychiatric illness such as depression, alcoholism, and schizophrenia. However, I do believe in the concept that suicide can result from a lack of integration of the individual into society. The question remains is it psychological, biological or sociological? Suicide results from such complex factors that the answer would have to be all of the above. How an individual operates in society involves biological, psychological and sociological factors. Therefore the conclusive answer to such a complex question would have to be that it carries such factors that would make it a product of psychological, biological, and sociological.Twenty-four years ago, when my mother was sixteen, she was at school when she had two police officers come get her out of her class. The police officers would not tell her why. They only explained that they were taking her home. Upon arriving home, she found out that her father had shot himself. He left behind a wife and four daughters that were devastated and had to learn to deal with it. Silence was their form of dealing with it. For many years I have had questions as to why. Also, how did it affect my mother and how does she feel about. But, I have never gotten any complete answers to these questions. Nobody in the family has ever wanted to talk about the suicide. It is not a ...
