determined suicide rates in the past. This is likely due to the lack of consistent data prior to the 20th century. In this … article, I propose using newspaper suicide mentions for the period 1840–1910 as a proxy measure for suicide and perform … several validation exercises. I show that the stylized facts like suicides drop during wars holds for suicide mentions. I also …

Since its inception, the Strain Theory of Suicide has been tested and supported in a number of empirical studies. This … scientific research. Our research team has developed such scales for future testing of the Strain Theory of Suicide in a more … needs to be carried out in order to test the effects of psychological strains on suicide and mental disorders for various …