Why people die by suicide 1st ed.

Author

• Joiner, Thomas

Additional Author(s)

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Publisher

Cambridge: Harvard University Press, 2007

Language

English

ISBN

9780674039209

Series

Subject(s)

• SUICIDE
• SUICIDE VICTIMS--FAMILY RELATIONSHIPS
• SUICIDE VICTIMS--PSYCHOLOGY

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Abstract

In the wake of a suicide, the most troubling questions are invariably the most difficult to answer: How could we have known? What could we have done? And always, unremittingly: Why? Written by a clinical psychologist whose own life has been touched by suicide, this book offers the clearest account ever given of why some people choose to die.Drawing on extensive clinical and epidemiological evidence, as well as personal experience, Thomas Joiner brings a comprehensive understanding to seemingly incomprehensible behavior. Among the many people who have considered, attempted, or died by suicide, he finds three factors that mark those most at risk of death: the feeling of being a burden on loved ones; the sense of isolation; and, chillingly, the learned ability to hurt oneself. Joiner tests his theory against diverse facts taken from clinical anecdotes, history, literature, popular culture, anthropology, epidemiology, genetics, and neurobiology--facts about suicide rates among men and women; white and African-American men; anorexics, athletes, prostitutes, and physicians; members of cults, sports fans, and citizens of nations in crisis.The result is the most coherent and persuasive explanation ever given of why and how people overcome life's strongest instinct, self-preservation. Joiner's is a work that makes sense of the bewildering array of statistics and stories surrounding suicidal behavior; at the same time, it offers insight, guidance, and essential information to clinicians, scientists, and health practitioners, and to anyone whose life has been affected by suicide.

Physical Dimension

Number of Page(s)

1 online resource (276 p.)

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Other Desc.

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Summary / Review / Table of Content

Prologue: Losing My Dad
1. What We Know and Don’t Know about Suicide
2. The Capability to Enact Lethal Self-Injury Is Acquired
3. The Desire for Death
4. What Do We Mean by Suicide? How Is It Distributed in People?
5. What Roles Do Genetics, Neurobiology, and Mental Disorders Play in Suicidal Behavior?
6. Risk Assessment, Crisis Intervention, Treatment, and Prevention
7. The Future of Suicide Prevention and Research
Epilogue
Notes
Works Cited
Acknowledgments
Index

Exemplar(s)

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1.	00192/23	616.858445 Joi W	Online !	Available