Identifying Genetics and Environmental Factors as Predisposition Factors in Suicide Risk

Abstract

In spite of significant advancements in psychology, the death rate from suicide has not dropped in recent years. Durkheim and subsequent works have been studied in order to assess the role of a person's environment, family history, and genetics in suicide. An effort has been made to explain the social, biological, and psychological elements that contribute to suicide. The goal of this paper is to analyse the influence of background and predispositional factors in suicide. Systematic database searches were used to assess the literature, and searches in the references of relevant papers were added in the review. Researchers hypothesised that an individual is more prone to commit suicide and therefore due to insignificant and unfavourable reports from their family. Research indicates that the tendency in the familiality of completed suicides may not necessarily correlate with the psychiatric diagnoses, therefore the mutual effect between all the factors should also be considered.