Abed Riadh, St John-Smith Paul
Mental Health Tribunals, Ministry of Justice, UK.
Hertfordshire Partnership University NHS Foundation Trust, UK.
BJPsych Bull. 2024 Nov 5;49(2):1-3. doi: 10.1192/bjb.2024.93.
Soper's 'pain and brain' evolutionary theory of suicide has significant explanatory power and deserves wider consideration and scrutiny in the mainstream psychiatric literature. It provides a novel framework for thinking about the problem of suicide and could have an important impact on research as well as clinical practice. However, we raise questions and concerns regarding the prediction the theory makes regarding common mental disorders being anti-suicide adaptations.
索珀的自杀“疼痛与大脑”进化理论具有重要的解释力，值得在主流精神病学文献中得到更广泛的思考和审视。它为思考自杀问题提供了一个新颖的框架，可能会对研究以及临床实践产生重要影响。然而，我们对该理论就常见精神障碍是反自杀适应机制所做的预测提出质疑和担忧。
