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Suicide is one of the leading causes of death in the United States. Suicide risk is associated with a variety of factors. Personal factors include childhood abuse, certain personality traits (eg, impulsiveness, aggression) , and history of mental illness. Over 90% of people who attempt suicide meet diagnostic criteria for at least one psychological disorder, and suicide risk increases as the number of co-occurring disorders increases. Diagnosis severity also matters: studies suggest that individuals are at greatest risk of attempting suicide while inpatient at or newly discharged from a psychiatric hospital.Social factors also play a role in suicide. Sociologist Émile Durkheim argued that embeddedness in society is a key feature in determining the likelihood of an individual committing suicide. Specifically, the more people that depend on an individual financially, emotionally, or physically, the less likely that individual is to commit suicide. Studies suggest that suicide is also linked to religious affiliation and income level. Religious groups that place more value on community events, church attendance, and collective solidarity tend to have lower rates of suicide among members, whereas more affluent individuals are more likely to commit suicide.Economic trends have also been linked to suicide. One study retrospectively analyzed the relationship between the U.S. economy and suicide rates. It found that the overall suicide rate tends to rise during economic recessions and drop during economic expansions (Figure 1) .
Figure 1 U.S. suicide rates compared to economic trendsFurther analysis of suicide data suggests that for every individual who successfully commits suicide, approximately 25 individuals are unsuccessful in such attempts, costing the United States billions of dollars annually in both lost wages and treatment expense. Although white, middle-aged men are the most likely cohort to successfully commit suicide, women attempt suicide three times more often than men.
-Durkheim is most often associated with which sociological theory?

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Suicide is one of the leading causes of death in the United States. Suicide risk is associated with a variety of factors. Personal factors include childhood abuse, certain personality traits (eg, impulsiveness, aggression) , and history of mental illness. Over 90% of people who attempt suicide meet diagnostic criteria for at least one psychological disorder, and suicide risk increases as the number of co-occurring disorders increases. Diagnosis severity also matters: studies suggest that individuals are at greatest risk of attempting suicide while inpatient at or newly discharged from a psychiatric hospital.Social factors also play a role in suicide. Sociologist Émile Durkheim argued that embeddedness in society is a key feature in determining the likelihood of an individual committing suicide. Specifically, the more people that depend on an individual financially, emotionally, or physically, the less likely that individual is to commit suicide. Studies suggest that suicide is also linked to religious affiliation and income level. Religious groups that place more value on community events, church attendance, and collective solidarity tend to have lower rates of suicide among members, whereas more affluent individuals are more likely to commit suicide.Economic trends have also been linked to suicide. One study retrospectively analyzed the relationship between the U.S. economy and suicide rates. It found that the overall suicide rate tends to rise during economic recessions and drop during economic expansions (Figure 1) .

Figure 1 U.S. suicide rates compared to economic trendsFurther analysis of suicide data suggests that for every individual who successfully commits suicide, approximately 25 individuals are unsuccessful in such attempts, costing the United States billions of dollars annually in both lost wages and treatment expense. Although white, middle-aged men are the most likely cohort to successfully commit suicide, women attempt suicide three times more often than men.
-Durkheim is most often associated with which sociological theory?

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11ecba2d_0c8e_7517_a3bf_2f13bf06acbe_MD0008_00 The major theoretical approaches in sociology view society from either a macro-level or micro-level perspective. Theories with a macro-level perspective look at how larger social structures (eg, education and health care systems) function in society and impact the lives of those living in that society. Theories with a micro-level perspective look at how interactions between individuals (eg, teacher and student, doctor and patient) shape society. Structural functionalism is a macro-level sociological perspective that compares society to a biological organism. This theory proposes that, like the various organ systems attempting to maintain homeostasis in an organism, all aspects of society work together to maintain dynamic equilibrium (societal balance). For example, the heath care system functions to keep people optimally healthy so that they can work and contribute to society, and the education system functions to teach and train people who will in turn contribute to society. Émile Durkheim is the theorist most often associated with structural functionalism. (Choice B) Karl Marx and Max Weber are most often associated with conflict theory, a macro-level sociological perspective which argues that conflict between social classes in society is inevitable. (Choice C) Social constructionism is either a micro- or macro-level perspective that argues that members of a given society define what constitutes reality. For instance, race is a social construct based arbitrarily on skin color. (Choice D) Charles Cooley and George Herbert Mead are most often associated with symbolic interactionism, which is a micro-level perspective that argues we attach meaning to symbols in society, and that interpersonal interaction is based on those symbols and meanings. Educational objective: In sociology, macro-level theories look at how social structures impact society, whereas micro-level theories look at how individual interactions shape society. Émile Durkheim is most often associated with structural functionalism, a macro-level theory that compares society to an organism in which each component of society attempts to maintain homeostasis (dynamic equilibrium).

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