Understanding suicide
Subtitle: why we don't and how we might
By: James R. Rogers and David Lester
Contributors: Lester, David, 1942-
Publisher: Hogrefe
Published: 2010
Place of publication: Cambridge, MA
Language: eng
Number of pages: 200
ISBN-13: 9780889373594
Subjects: Suicide; Psychology; Prevention & control; Aspect psychologique; Forschung; Selbstmord; Selbstmordverhütung
Notes: Includes bibliographical references.
Table of contents: title: General methodological issues; title: Part  1. The disciplines. Psychological research into suicide ; Psychiatric research ; The sociological study of suicide ; Anthropology and suicide; title: Part 2. Illustrative topics. Studies of attitudes toward suicide ; Studies of sexual abuse and suicidality ; Assessing suicidal risk ; Fads in research : sex differences in suicidal behavior ; Studies of social relationships ; Suicide notes and other personal narratives ; Studies of the suicidal personality ; Typologies.