%0 Journal Article
%T Wars and Suicides in Israel, 1948¨C2006
%A Israel Oron (Ostre)
%J International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health
%D 2012
%I MDPI AG
%R 10.3390/ijerph9051927
%X This paper reports the characteristics of suicides which occurred during the existential and the non-existential wars in Israel. It provides a first approximation of whether the suicide patterns in each war are consistent with the findings of Morselli and Durkheim, and whether their theoretical interpretations can serve as a preliminary guideline to explaining the Israeli case, which is characterized by short periods of war, social integration during some of the non-existential wars, and a sharp rise in post-war male suicide rates following all of the existential wars. Implications for further studies on the subject in Israel and elsewhere are discussed.
%K Israel
%K suicide
%K existential and non-existential wars
%U http://www.mdpi.com/1660-4601/9/5/1927