Maybe you can be interested in" Risk Pathways for Suicide Among Native American Adolescents", published in Qual Health Res 2014 24: 1518 by Lauren Tingey et al.
It is a qualitative study which develops "the Apache conceptual
model of youth suicide with qualitative data from a
community-based sample of Apache adolescents (N = 22)
Our next paper - now in press - is dealing with the issue. Your physical disability does not necessary lead to suicide. However, physical disabilities and other chronic disorders have their psychological expressions. Here are som papers of other researchers interested in the issue:
BMJ. Jun 8, 2002; 324(7350): 1355.
Burden of illness and suicide in elderly people: case-control study
Margda Waern et al.
Arch Gen Psychiatry. 2012 Mar;69(3):256-64. doi:
Suicide risk in primary care patients with major physical diseases: a case-control study.
Webb RT, Kontopantelis E, Doran T, Qin P, Creed F, Kapur N.
J Psychosom Res. 2012 Aug;73(2):92-7. Risk of self-harm in physically ill patients in UK primary care.
Webb RT, Kontopantelis E, Doran T, Qin P, Creed F, Kapur N.