Theoretical Models of Suicide.- Social Structure and Suicidal Behavior.- Climate Change and Suicidal Behaviour.- Urbanization and Suicidal Behaviour.- Environmental Pollution and Suicidal Behavior.- Economic Environment, Recessions, and Suicidal Behaviour.- War Trauma and Suicidal Behaviour.- Religion, Spirituality, and Suicidal Behavior.- Pandemics and Suicidal Behaviour.- Politics and Suicide.- War Crisis and Protest Suicide.- Media's Influence on Suicidal Behavior.- Nutrition, Mental Health and Suicidal Behavior.- Sports and Suicidal Behaviour.- Suicidal Behavior in Marginalized Populations (Indigenous Peoples, Sexual and Gender Minorities, Refugee and Migrant Populations).- Suicidal Behavior Among Prisoners.- Social Views about Assisted Suicide, Euthanasia, Physician-Assisted Suicide, and Positions of Various Organizations and Countries.- Suicide Promoting Groups and Sites.- The Impact of Laws on Suicide.- Ecological Perspectives of Suicide Prevention.

This book discusses the association between ecological and social determinants and suicidal behavior. Suicidal behavior is an extremely complex human behavior. It is an outcome of complex interactions among multiple factors like gene and environment, biopsychosocial, proximal and distal factors. Several risk factors such as psychiatric disorders, life events, social deprivation, personality traits and disorders, and substance abuse have been identified even though those vary based on culture, time, country, and methods of assessment. In recent times, evidence has shown associations among ecological variables like the human development index, the income of the country, the GINI index, educational attainment, the green environment, climate change, and suicidal behavior. At the same time, there are interlinked confounding variables that challenge the findings. Given the lack of literature discussing these findings, this book seeks to compare and contrast the ecological aspects and suicidal behavior holistically.