Sociologie Românească (Romanian Sociology), X new series no. 2/1999, pp. 85-96.
Sinuciderea ca fenomen social
Suicide as Social Phenomenon
Cristina Brădățan
Abstract (Rezumat în limba engleză): The bulk of this paper will show that Durkheim's hypothesis about suicide are relevant to the Romanian population. What was the impact of the Revolution on the rate of suicides? What is the evolution of this rate after 1989? What are the main characteristics of the people who commit suicide in Romania? These are several of the questions that the paper will answer. A brief history and the main explanations that are given by psychology and sociology will complete the image of suicide as a social phenomena.