Abstract This paper criticizes the dominant discourse in suicidology and suicide prevention with its core message that suicide is abnormal, caused by mental illness, and preventable. The current regime of pathology emphasizes safe reporting and (news) coverage, prioritizes narratives of hope and recovery, and consequently positioned suicidal behavior in the psychocentric and pre-discursive area. Thus, the social, cultural, political, and historical dimension had to take a back seat.
