Re:Reinventing the E.R. for America’s mental-health crisis
by dredmorbius on Saturday July 22, 2023 @10:50PM
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NB, this the fundamental reasoning behind Emile Durkheim's seminal and foundational work on sociology, Suicide: A Study in Sociology (Fr.: Le Suicide: Étude de sociologie, 1897).
The reasoning being that it's very difficult to hide bodies, and that statistics on suicide tend to point to some very deep-rooted pathology within a society.
Yes, it's possible to fudge those statistics somewhat (the distinction between "accidental" and "intentional" deaths being salient), but far less so than other indicia of psychological trauma, particularly at population levels (the focus of sociology).
The reasoning being that it's very difficult to hide bodies, and that statistics on suicide tend to point to some very deep-rooted pathology within a society.
Yes, it's possible to fudge those statistics somewhat (the distinction between "accidental" and "intentional" deaths being salient), but far less so than other indicia of psychological trauma, particularly at population levels (the focus of sociology).
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Suicide_(Durkheim_book)>