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Wars and Suicides in Israel, 1948–2006

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  • Israel Oron (Ostre)

    (International Center for Health, Law and Ethics, Department of Psychology, Law and Ethics, University of Haifa, Mount Camel, Haifa 31905, Israel)

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This paper reports the characteristics of suicides which occurred during the existential and the non-existential wars in Israel. It provides a first approximation of whether the suicide patterns in each war are consistent with the findings of Morselli and Durkheim, and whether their theoretical interpretations can serve as a preliminary guideline to explaining the Israeli case, which is characterized by short periods of war, social integration during some of the non-existential wars, and a sharp rise in post-war male suicide rates following all of the existential wars. Implications for further studies on the subject in Israel and elsewhere are discussed.

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  • Israel Oron (Ostre), 2012. "Wars and Suicides in Israel, 1948–2006," IJERPH, MDPI, vol. 9(5), pages 1-12, May.
  • Handle: RePEc:gam:jijerp:v:9:y:2012:i:5:p:1927-1938:d:17823
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