PT  - JOURNAL ARTICLE
AU  - Rezaie, Leeba
AU  - Schwebel, David C.
TI  - An ecological approach to explain suicide by self-immolation among women in rural Iran
DP  - 2012 Oct 01
TA  - Neurosciences Journal
PG  - 309--313
VI  - 17
IP  - 4
4099  - http://nsj.org.sa/content/17/4/309.short
4100  - http://nsj.org.sa/content/17/4/309.full
SO  - Neurosciences (Riyadh)2012 Oct 01; 17
AB  - Suicide by self-immolation, or lighting oneself on fire, is the most common method of suicide used among women in rural Iran. Understanding the underlying mechanisms that may lead women to commit suicide by self-immolation is necessary for the development of empirically-supported prevention programs. Currently, no integrative approach to the risk factors for self-immolation among women in rural areas, or the interactions between them, is available. Based in ecology theory, we review the risk factors for suicide by self-immolation and present them in terms of ecological theory in an attempt to offer an integrative approach for prevention of self-immolation among women in rural Iran. We conclude by recommending a multifaceted approach to prevention of self-immolation.