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SUICIDE
..Title: The Suicidal Mind *read more/buy*
..Author: Edwing S Shneidman
..Pages: 187 (paperback)
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..Summary: "Suicide is an exclusively human response to extreme psychological pain, a desperate solution for the sufferer who can no longer see any alternatives. This book brims with insights into the suicidal impulse and with helpful suggestions for counteraction methods. Dr. Edwin Shneidman presents a bold and simple premise: the main cause of suicide is psychological pain or "psychache." Thus the key to preventing suicide is not so much the study of the structure of the brain, or the study of social statistics, or the study of mental diseases, as it is the direct study of human emotions and frustrated psychological needs. To treat a suicidal individual, we need to identify, address, and reduce the individual's psychache. Shneidman shares with the reader his knowledge, both as a clinician and researcher, of the psychological dramas that play themselves out in the suicidal mind through the exploration of three moving case studies. Throughout, Shneidman offers practical, explicit maneuvers to assist in treating a suicidal individual--steps that can be taken by concerned friends or family and professionals alike.
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..Title: Suicide *read more/buy*
..Author: Emile Durkheim, George Simpson
..Pages: 405 (paperback)
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..Summary: "One of the founders of modern sociology, Durkheim pioneered the use of empirical and statistical evidence. He is known for his analysis of religion and morality as 'collective representations'"
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..Title: Suicie: Right or Wrong? *read more/buy*
..Author: John Donnelly
..Pages: 335 (paperback)
..Sales Ranking: 414,885
..Summary: "Is suicide ever rationally or morally justified? A host of suicide related matters are explored in this timely collection of essays that clarifies the battlelines of public debate surrounding this intense and painful topic."
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..Title: Suicide: Prevention, Intervention, Postvention *read more/buy*
..Author: Earl A. Grollman
..Pages: 188 (paperback)
..Sales Ranking: 494,332
..Summary: "Suicide, now in an updated and expanded edition, 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 loved one to suicide."
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..Title: Making Sense of Suicide *read more/buy*
..Author: David Lester
..Pages: 195 (paperback)
..Sales Ranking: 539,887
..Summary: "In this lucid and far-ranging resource book, Dr. Lester provides the layperson with a marvelous synthesis of knowledge gleaned from a multitude of studies reported over decades."
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..Title: Why Suicide? *read more/buy*
..Author: Eric Marcus
..Pages: 256 (paperback)
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..Summary: "Without moral judgment, Why Suicide? offers lucid, thoughtful, and comprehensive answers to hundreds of questions about this complex and painful issue. Eric Marcus cuts through the veil of silence, examining the facts and figures and myths and rumors, shedding much-needed light on all aspects of suicide."
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..Title: Life After Suicide: A Ray of Hope for Those Left Behind *read more/buy*
..Author: E. Betsy Ross
..Pages: 301 (hardcover)
..Sales Ranking: 169,533
..Summary: "Capped by a comprehensive grief and postvention resource guide, Life after Suicide stands as an important resource for libraries, crisis centers, funeral homes, hospices, and other caregiving organizations."
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..Title: Night Falls Fast: Understanding Suicide *read more/buy*
..Author: Kay Redfield Jamison
..Pages: 448 (paperback)
..Sales Ranking: 6,646
..Summary: "This is a book that helps us to understand the suicidal mind, to recognize and come to the aid of those at risk, and to comprehend the profound effects on those left behind. It is critical reading for parents, educators, and anyone wanting to understand this tragic epidemic."
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..Title: No Time to Say Goodbye: Surviving the Suicide of a Loved One *read more/buy*
..Author: Carla Fine
..Pages: 272 (paperback)
..Sales Ranking: 14,623
..Summary: "Capped by a comprehensive grief and postvention resource guide, Life after Suicide stands as an important resource for libraries, crisis centers, funeral homes, hospices, and other caregiving organizations."
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..Title: In the Wake of Suicide: Stories of the People Left Behind *read more/buy*
..Author: Victoria Alexander
..Pages: 232 (paperback)
..Sales Ranking: 267,226
..Summary: "...after the author's mother took her own life, Alexander spent the next ten years collecting stories from other survivors...written by a staff member of the New England Journal of Medicine."
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..Title: The Savage God: A Study of Suicide *read more/buy*
..Author: A. Alvarez
..Pages: 320 (paperback)
..Sales Ranking: 124,047
..Summary: "The aims of this fascinating, compassionate book are broadly cultural and literary, though the narrative is rooted in personal experience. 'To write a book about suicide . . . to transform the subject into something beautiful--this is the forbidding task that Alvarez set for himself. . . . He has succeeded.'-- The New York Times."
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