| Description |
288 p. : ill. ; 22 cm. |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Contents |
Introduction : our most basic terror and our most tragic thoughts -- The suicidal mind -- Suicidal behavior -- Causes, consequences, and subpopulations -- Conclusion : stigma : the future of a partial illusion. |
| Summary |
We need to get it in our heads that suicide is not easy, painless, cowardly, selfish, vengeful, selfmasterful, or rash; that it is not caused by breast augmentation, medicines, "slow" methods like smoking or anorexia, or, as some psychoanalysts thought, things like masturbation; that it is partly genetic and influenced by mental disorders, themselves often agonizing; and that it is preventable and treatable. |
| Subject |
Suicide.
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Suicide victims -- Psychology.
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| ISBN |
9780674048225 (alk. paper) |
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0674048229 (alk. paper) |
| Standard No. |
AU@ 000044724667 |
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CDX 10908342 |
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NZ1 13230845 |
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NLGGC 324073720 |
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