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Why people die by suicide /

In the wake of a suicide, the most troubling questions are invariably the most difficult to answer: How could we have known? What could we have done? And always, unremittingly: Why? Written by a clinical psychologist whose own life has been touched by suicide, this book offers the clearest account e...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Joiner, Thomas, Jr (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Cambridge, Massachusetts : Harvard University Press, 2007.
Edición:First Harvard University Press paperback edition.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Prologue: Losing my dad
  • What we know and don't know about suicide
  • Capability to enact lethal self-injury is acquired
  • Desire for death
  • What do we mean by suicide? How is it distributed in people?
  • What roles do genetics, neurobiology, and mental disorders play in suicidal behavior?
  • Risk assessment, crisis intervention, treatment, and prevention
  • Future of suicide prevention and research.