Sociological Perspective On Suicide

Explaining Suicide from a Sociological Perspective Suicide has typically been seen in an individualistic approach, where society tends to assume that the individual may have committed suicide based on their personal problems. Often rare, when society does take into consideration if any social factors may have played a role in the decision to commit suicide. In modern society, usually suicide is thought as a causal relationship with mental illness. Although, mental illnesses can contribute as a factor in suicide, the role of society can have a greater impact into the decision of committing suicide. Suicide among military veterans is a result of the difficulty they encounter to reintegrate into society, but there is also a lack of consciousness …show more content…
During their deployment, individuals may experience negative and/or positive situations, which can later lead to different outcomes on how they deal with life after leaving the military. The environment in the military can be described as organic solidarity. In which, Émile Durkheim referred to organic solidarity as the interdependency of individuals in a group, and they tend to share the same beliefs and engage in similar activities (Appelrouth & Edles, 2016). With organic solidarity, individuals are aware that the roles may differ from one individual to another, but they accept the role because it will do well for the group overall. In the military there may be a hierarchy of command, but the overall goal is to serve and protect for the good of the military, but for citizens as …show more content…
A moral code is established, in which individuals must affirm that they share the same belief of the rights or wrongs expected from society or a specific group within. The moral code set in the military is the belief of protecting one another, such as a counter-attack to protect its own. During deployment in the military, members instill a certain mindset and role adaptations that are uncommon in everyday life for ordinary civilians. Individuals in the military share the common belief of protecting each other during combat, and a burden of responsibility for outcomes, whether good or bad. Members of the military that served in Afghanistan
 have been devastated by the ongoing deaths of comrades and have become frustrated by the minimal intervention response by the Veteran Affairs. In such cases, there are veterans that cannot escape the traumatic experiences lived in combat. The burden of responsibility for their actions haunt them, in which they will continue to blame themselves for a death or reoccurring flashbacks of a particular situation. Such as in the case of Mr. Guerrero, who at the time of his deployment in Afghanistan was a 20-year-old lance corporal, and had the duty of a machine-gunner above a truck led by a convoy. Mr. Guerrero and his comrades were under attack due to an