Suicide and the communication of rage: a cross-cultural case study

The author reports the study of 36 attempted suicides in Guyana, an emerging nation where suicide attempts are a major public health problem. The incidence of suicide is lower among persons of African descent, which reflect that there are a number of culturally sanctioned techniques for acting out hostile affects in this group. The East Indian, whithout a culturally accepted means for the discharge of aggression, can communicate his rage by directing it against himself (AU)