Joiner, Thomas E.
Myths about suicide / Thomas Joiner. - Cambridge, Mass. : Harvard University Press, 2010. - 288 p. : ill. ; 22 cm.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
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.
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.
9780674048225 (alk. paper) 0674048229 (alk. paper)
2009039732
GBB006837 bnb
015468232 Uk
Suicide.
Suicide victims--Psychology.
HV6545 / .J648 2010
362.28
Myths about suicide / Thomas Joiner. - Cambridge, Mass. : Harvard University Press, 2010. - 288 p. : ill. ; 22 cm.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
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.
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.
9780674048225 (alk. paper) 0674048229 (alk. paper)
2009039732
GBB006837 bnb
015468232 Uk
Suicide.
Suicide victims--Psychology.
HV6545 / .J648 2010
362.28