In 1897, sociologist Émile Durkheim published in his book the first body of research on the social causes of suicide. His research challenged the notion that suicide potential factors are limited to psychological or emotional conditions and found a link between suicide and an individual's social connectedness to one's society as a member of a collective group. Since this early work, there has been limited research focusing on suicidality and conditions that undermine the sense of belongingness to one's society. The current study examines suicidality among inner-city Black adolescents and young adults, the link to the social problem of discrimination, and the unique ways that it may behaviorally manifest in this population. This systematic review explores high-risk behaviors through a culturally sensitive framework that can be conceptualized as signs of suicide risk, intent, and behavior among this population. Further, the authors expand on the traditional method of suicide; the act of intentionally killing oneself, to examine the cultural function of a proposed form of suicide, victim-precipitated homicide, whereby individuals unconsciously or consciously aid in their own death through self-destructive behavior or violent confrontation (Chance et al., 1998; Parent & Verdun-Jones, 1998). A goal of this review is to shift away from the original view of victim-precipitated homicide which focused on the victim and instead examine the factors that perpetuate the psychological conditions that propels the behavior. The aim of this review is to shed light on cultural and situational forces that facilitate the risk of self-harm in Black adolescents and young adults. More importantly, this review also explores the need for improvements in the screening, detection, and prevention of suicidality that may be identified as high-risk or aggressive behaviors that result in violent death among this population.

1897 年，社会学家埃米尔·涂尔干在他的书中发表了关于自杀社会原因的第一批研究。他的研究挑战了自杀潜在因素仅限于心理或情绪状况的观点，并发现自杀与作为集体成员的个人与社会的社会联系之间存在联系。自从这项早期工作以来，关于自杀和破坏对社会归属感的条件的研究一直很有限。目前的研究调查了市中心黑人青少年和年轻人的自杀倾向，与歧视的社会问题的联系，以及它可能在这一人群中表现出的独特行为方式。这篇系统评价通过一个文化敏感的框架来探索高风险行为，该框架可以被概念化为这一人群中自杀风险、意图和行为的迹象。此外，作者还扩展了传统的自杀方法；故意自杀的行为，以检验一种拟议的自杀形式的文化功能，即受害者促成的凶杀，个人通过自毁行为或暴力对抗无意识或有意识地帮助自己死亡（Chance et al., 1998;父母和凡尔登琼斯，1998 年）。本次审查的一个目标是改变最初关注受害者的由受害者促成的凶杀案的观点，而是研究使推动行为的心理状况长期存在的因素。本次审查的目的是阐明促进黑人青少年和年轻人自残风险的文化和情境因素。更重要的是，本综述还探讨了改进筛查、检测和预防自杀的必要性，这些自杀可能被确定为导致该人群暴力死亡的高风险或攻击性行为。