Screen LibraryExplaining suicide : patterns, motivations, and what notes reveal /
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Academic Press,
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| Publisher Address: | London, United Kingdom : |
| Publication Dates: | 2017. |
| Literature type: | eBook |
| Language: | English |
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| Online Access: |
http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/book/9780128092897 |
| Carrier Form: | 1 online resource |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: |
9780128095799 0128095792 |
| Index Number: | RC569 |
| CLC: | C913.9 |
| Contents: |
Front Cover -- Explaining Suicide -- Copyright Page -- Dedication -- Contents -- Preface -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- 1 The History and Theories of Suicide -- The History of Suicide -- Suicide From the Early Modern Period to the Post-Civil War Era -- Suicide From the Post-Civil War Era to the Present -- Theories of Suicide -- Psychache Theory -- Interpersonal Theory of Suicidal Behavior -- Thwarted Disorientation Contexts -- Cognitive Theories of Suicide -- Hereditary and Biological Theories of Suicide -- Studying Special Populations -- 2 Findings -- Deciphering 1280 Cases -- Suicide Notes -- Overall Structure of the Notes -- Content of the Notes -- Very Frequently Occurring Content in the Notes -- Love and Relationships -- Apology, Blame, and Forgiveness -- Escape -- Instructions -- Frequently Occurring Content -- God and Religion -- The Afterlife and the Morality of Suicide -- Advice -- Precipitating Events -- Less Frequently Occurring Content -- Emotions -- Future Studies -- Motivations -- 3 Suicide Motivated by Interpersonal Relationships -- Suicides Related to Intimate Partners -- Unrequited or Lost Love -- Abusive Relationships -- Unknown Cause -- Suicides Motivated by Other Interpersonal Relationships -- Murder-Suicide -- Conclusions -- 4 Escape as a Motivation for Suicide -- Escaping From Multiple Issues -- Escaping From Psychological Pain -- Escaping From Physical Pain -- Escaping from Legal and Financial Crises -- Legal Crises -- Financial Crises -- Conclusions -- 5 Grief and Failure -- Distinguishing Uncomplicated and Complicated Grief -- Quintessential Case of Bereavement -- Prevention and Intervention -- Failure -- Workplace Bullying: An Example of Complex A Failure -- Intervention -- Other Categories That Were Not Well Supported -- Guilt -- Alienation -- Altruism -- Conclusions -- 6 The Complexity of Suicide Motivation. Chaos in Life and Intent to Die -- Interpersonal Relationships and Gender Dynamics -- Abusive Relationships -- A Comparison of Interpersonal Relationships -- Attitudes Toward Death -- Effect of Pain -- Reasons for Living -- Effect of Overwhelming Problems -- Conclusions -- 7 Severe Mental Illness -- Severe Persistent Mental Illness and A Suicide -- Depression -- Bipolar Disorder -- Schizophrenia -- Multiple Diagnoses -- Dementia -- Anxiety Disorders -- Miscellaneous Other Diagnoses -- Conclusions -- 8 The Intersection of Suicide and A Legal Issues -- Criminal Involvement -- Crimes Involving Substance Use, Abuse, or Addictions -- Driving Under the Influence -- Other Crimes -- Child Support -- Inmates and Suicide -- Conclusions Related to Criminal Involvement and Suicide -- Civil Issues -- Financial Issues-Foreclosure, Eviction, Bankruptcy -- It's All Relative -- Conclusions Related to Legal Involvement A and Suicide -- 9 Protective Factors and Resilience -- Factors That Lead to Longevity -- Factors That Lead to Lives Cut Short -- Death With Dignity -- Living With Thoughts of Death -- Protective Factors -- Resilience -- Conclusions -- 10 Conclusions and Implications -- Resources Already Available -- A National Agenda -- The Relationship Between Risk Factors and Motivations -- Societal Risk Factors: Opening the Dialogue Regarding Suicide and Mental Illness -- The Means Matter -- Health and First-Responder Systems Risk Factors -- Localizing the National Agenda -- Working at the Local Level to Help Families and Survivors -- A "Driver's Ed" Course for Suicide Prevention -- Caregivers -- Family Intervention -- A Partners-in-Health Approach as a Model for Those Hard to Help -- Conclusions and Recommendations -- Postscript -- To Those Who Have Lost Loved Ones to Suicide -- Appendix A: Detailed Methodology -- Appendix B: Coding Information -- References -- Index. |