Author: James J. O'DeaPublisher:
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Languages : en
Pages : 356
Book Description
Suicide ; studies on its philosophy, causes, and prevention
Author: James J. O'DeaSuicide. Studies on its Philosophy, Causes, and Prevention
Author: James J. O'DeaPublisher: BoD – Books on Demand
ISBN: 3385481864
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 338
Book Description
Reprint of the original, first published in 1882.
Critical Suicidology
Author: Jennifer WhitePublisher: UBC Press
ISBN: 0774830328
Category : Psychology
Languages : en
Pages : 298
Book Description
Globally, suicides account for a significant number of premature deaths every year. Traditional approaches to suicide research and prevention are not working for everyone, but why is this? And what can be done about it? In Critical Suicidology, a team of international scholars, practitioners, and people directly affected by suicide argue that the field of suicidology has become too focused on the biomedical paradigm: a model that pathologizes distress and obscures the social, political, and historical contexts that contribute to human suffering. The authors introduce the perspectives of those who have direct personal knowledge of suicide and suicidal behaviour and propose alternative approaches to suicide prevention that are creative, socially just, and culturally responsive. In the right hands, this book could save lives.
Reducing Suicide
Author: Institute of MedicinePublisher: National Academies Press
ISBN: 0309169437
Category : Medical
Languages : en
Pages : 512
Book Description
Every year, about 30,000 people die by suicide in the U.S., and some 650,000 receive emergency treatment after a suicide attempt. Often, those most at risk are the least able to access professional help. Reducing Suicide provides a blueprint for addressing this tragic and costly problem: how we can build an appropriate infrastructure, conduct needed research, and improve our ability to recognize suicide risk and effectively intervene. Rich in data, the book also strikes an intensely personal chord, featuring compelling quotes about people's experience with suicide. The book explores the factors that raise a person's risk of suicide: psychological and biological factors including substance abuse, the link between childhood trauma and later suicide, and the impact of family life, economic status, religion, and other social and cultural conditions. The authors review the effectiveness of existing interventions, including mental health practitioners' ability to assess suicide risk among patients. They present lessons learned from the Air Force suicide prevention program and other prevention initiatives. And they identify barriers to effective research and treatment. This new volume will be of special interest to policy makers, administrators, researchers, practitioners, and journalists working in the field of mental health.
Oxford Textbook of Suicidology and Suicide Prevention
Author: Danuta WassermanPublisher: Oxford University Press, USA
ISBN: 0198834446
Category : Medical
Languages : en
Pages : 857
Book Description
Part of the authoritative Oxford Textbooks in Psychiatry series, the new edition of the Oxford Textbook of Suicidology and Suicide Prevention remains a key text in the field of suicidology, fully updated with new chapters devoted to major psychiatric disorders and their relation to suicide.
Stay
Author: Jennifer Michael HechtPublisher: Yale University Press
ISBN: 0300186088
Category : Psychology
Languages : en
Pages : 281
Book Description
A leading public critic reminds us of the compelling reasons people throughout time have found to stay alive
Suicide Prevention
Author: Christine Yu MoutierPublisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 1108463622
Category : Law
Languages : en
Pages : 305
Book Description
A practical and easy-to-use guide for healthcare professionals on the prevention, assessment and treatment of people at risk of suicide.
Oxford Textbook of Suicidology and Suicide Prevention
Author: Danuta WassermanPublisher: Oxford University Press, USA
ISBN:
Category : Medical
Languages : en
Pages : 934
Book Description
The Oxford Texbook of Suicidology is the most comprehensive textbook on suicidology and suicide prevention that has ever been published. It is written by world-leading specialists and describes all aspects of suicidal behaviour and suicide prevention, including psychological, cultural, biological, and sociological factors.
Suicide as a Cultural Institution in Dostoevsky's Russia
Author: Irina PapernoPublisher: Cornell University Press
ISBN: 1501724606
Category : Literary Criticism
Languages : en
Pages : 332
Book Description
In the popular and scientific imagination, suicide has always been an enigmatic act that defies, and yet demands, explanation. Throughout the centuries, philosophers and writers, journalists and scientists have attempted to endow this act with meaning. In the nineteenth century, and especially in Russia, suicide became the focus for discussion of such issues as the immortality of the soul, free will and determinism, the physical and the spiritual, the individual and the social. Analyzing a variety of sources—medical reports, social treatises, legal codes, newspaper articles, fiction, private documents left by suicides—Irina Paperno describes the search for the meaning of suicide. Paperno focuses on Russia of the 1860s–1880s, when suicide was at the center of public attention.
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