Discusses the social, psychological, medical, and historical facets of suicide, describing warning signs, risk factors, prevention, and other aspects.
Wickedly ingenious and surreal ideas for all the little fluffy rabbits in this world who just don't want to live anymore, with bonus material from Andy Riley's sketchbook.
Drawing on his extensive scholarship in the study of secular and religious traditions as well as his understanding of social, political and anthropological theory and research, Talal Asad questions Western assumptions regarding death and ...
Suicide: Social causes and social types
At times it felt all but inescapable. Bering survived. And in addition to relief, the fading of his suicidal thoughts brought curiosity. Where had they come from? Would they return? Is the suicidal impulse found in other animals?
A collection of vignettes by the late Pulitzer Prize- and National Book Award-winning author of The Confessions of Nat Turner is culled from abandoned manuscripts based on his experiences as a Marine and features characters who struggle ...
Emile Durkheim's On Suicide (1897) was a groundbreaking book in the field of sociology. Traditionally, suicide was thought to be a matter of purely individual despair but Durkheim recognized that the phenomenon had a social dimension.
This book also include assessment measures to use when evaluating an adolescent who has attempted suicide.
Provides information on suicide statistics and gives advice on how to recognize the warning signs of a potential suicide attempt, how to intervene when a suicide has been attempted, and how to comfort families and friends who have lost a ...
Suicide
"In Guns and Suicide, Michael Anestis reframes our perspective on gun violence by shifting the focus to suicide.