SOC 490 Week 2 DQ 1 Social Theories

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There are three primary social theories (functionalism, conflict theory, and symbolic interactionism) which are used to evaluate social problems. In this discussion board, you are to evaluate the chosen issue/problem that you identified for your Capstone Project from these perspectives. Describe how a functionalist, a conflict theorist, and someone ascribing to symbolic interactionism would explain the key issue and the factors that have led to this issue. Remember that you can draw on what you have learned from your previous courses as well as acceptable academic sources to refresh your memory on these theories and then apply them to your selected issue.

Response: The topic I chose for my project is substance abuse and its relationship to suicide. Often, people committing suicide have an underlying problem with substances. The relationship is unclear because of the terms suicide and overdose. No one can really know if an overdose is accidental or a suicide.