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.