Culture Suicide And The Human Condition
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Author |
: Marja-Liisa Honkasalo |
Publisher |
: Berghahn Books |
Total Pages |
: 230 |
Release |
: 2014-03-01 |
ISBN-10 |
: 9781782382355 |
ISBN-13 |
: 1782382356 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (55 Downloads) |
Synopsis Culture, Suicide, and the Human Condition by : Marja-Liisa Honkasalo
Suicide is a puzzling phenomenon. Not only is its demarcation problematic but it also eludes simple explanation. The cultures in which suicide mortality is high do not necessarily have much else in common, and neither is a single mental illness such as depression sufficient to lead a person to suicide. In a word, despite its statistical regularity, suicide is unpredictable on the individual level. The main argument emerging from this collection is that suicide should not be understood as a separate realm of pathological behavior but as a form of human action. As such it is always dependent on the decision that the individual makes in a cultural, ethical and socio-economic context, but the context never completely determines the decision. This book also argues that cultural narratives concerning suicide have a problematic double function: in addition to enabling the community to make sense of self-inflicted death, they also constitute a blueprint depicting suicide as a solution to common human problems.
Author |
: Domenico De Berardis |
Publisher |
: Frontiers Media SA |
Total Pages |
: 139 |
Release |
: 2018-05-08 |
ISBN-10 |
: 9782889454686 |
ISBN-13 |
: 2889454681 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (86 Downloads) |
Synopsis Understanding the Complex Phenomenon of Suicide: From Research to Clinical Practice by : Domenico De Berardis
Suicide is undoubtedly a worldwide major challenge for the public health. It is estimated that more than 150,000 persons in Europe die as a result of suicide every year and in several European countries suicide represents the principal cause of death among young people aged 14–25 years. It is true that suicide is a complex (and yet not fully understood) phenomenon and may be determined by the interaction between various factors, such as neurobiology, personal and familiar history, stressful events, sociocultural environment, etc. The suicide is always a plague for the population at risk and one of the most disgraceful events for a human being. Moreover, it implies a lot of pain often shared by the relatives and persons who are close to suicide subjects. Furthermore, it has been widely demonstrated that the loss of a subject due to suicide may be one of the most distressing events that may occur in mental health professionals resulting in several negative consequences, such as burnout, development of psychiatric symptoms and lower quality of life and work productivity. All considered, it is clear that the suicide prevention is a worldwide priority and every effort should be made in order to improve the early recognition of imminent suicide, manage suicidal subjects, and strengthen suicide prevention strategies. In our opinion, the first step of prevention is the improvement of knowledge in the field: this was the aim of this present special issue on Frontiers in Psychiatry. In this special issue, several papers have contributed to the suicide knowledge from several viewpoints and we hope that this will contribute to improve and disseminate knowledge on this topic.
Author |
: Institute of Medicine |
Publisher |
: National Academies Press |
Total Pages |
: 512 |
Release |
: 2002-10-01 |
ISBN-10 |
: 9780309169431 |
ISBN-13 |
: 0309169437 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (31 Downloads) |
Synopsis Reducing Suicide by : Institute of Medicine
Every year, about 30,000 people die by suicide in the U.S., and some 650,000 receive emergency treatment after a suicide attempt. Often, those most at risk are the least able to access professional help. Reducing Suicide provides a blueprint for addressing this tragic and costly problem: how we can build an appropriate infrastructure, conduct needed research, and improve our ability to recognize suicide risk and effectively intervene. Rich in data, the book also strikes an intensely personal chord, featuring compelling quotes about people's experience with suicide. The book explores the factors that raise a person's risk of suicide: psychological and biological factors including substance abuse, the link between childhood trauma and later suicide, and the impact of family life, economic status, religion, and other social and cultural conditions. The authors review the effectiveness of existing interventions, including mental health practitioners' ability to assess suicide risk among patients. They present lessons learned from the Air Force suicide prevention program and other prevention initiatives. And they identify barriers to effective research and treatment. This new volume will be of special interest to policy makers, administrators, researchers, practitioners, and journalists working in the field of mental health.
Author |
: Pope John Paul II |
Publisher |
: Random House Incorporated |
Total Pages |
: 228 |
Release |
: 1995 |
ISBN-10 |
: 067975864X |
ISBN-13 |
: 9780679758648 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (4X Downloads) |
Synopsis The Gospel of Life by : Pope John Paul II
Author |
: Yogesh Dwivedi |
Publisher |
: CRC Press |
Total Pages |
: 485 |
Release |
: 2012-06-25 |
ISBN-10 |
: 9781439838815 |
ISBN-13 |
: 143983881X |
Rating |
: 4/5 (15 Downloads) |
Synopsis The Neurobiological Basis of Suicide by : Yogesh Dwivedi
With recent studies using genetic, epigenetic, and other molecular and neurochemical approaches, a new era has begun in understanding pathophysiology of suicide. Emerging evidence suggests that neurobiological factors are not only critical in providing potential risk factors but also provide a promising approach to develop more effective treatment and prevention strategies. The Neurobiological Basis of Suicide discusses the most recent findings in suicide neurobiology. Psychological, psychosocial, and cultural factors are important in determining the risk factors for suicide; however, they offer weak prediction and can be of little clinical use. Interestingly, cognitive characteristics are different among depressed suicidal and depressed nonsuicidal subjects, and could be involved in the development of suicidal behavior. The characterization of the neurobiological basis of suicide is in delineating the risk factors associated with suicide. The Neurobiological Basis of Suicide focuses on how and why these neurobiological factors are crucial in the pathogenic mechanisms of suicidal behavior and how these findings can be transformed into potential therapeutic applications.
Author |
: Jennifer Michael Hecht |
Publisher |
: Yale University Press |
Total Pages |
: 281 |
Release |
: 2013-11-12 |
ISBN-10 |
: 9780300186086 |
ISBN-13 |
: 0300186088 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (86 Downloads) |
Synopsis Stay by : Jennifer Michael Hecht
A leading public critic reminds us of the compelling reasons people throughout time have found to stay alive
Author |
: Danuta Wasserman |
Publisher |
: Oxford University Press, USA |
Total Pages |
: 857 |
Release |
: 2021-01-08 |
ISBN-10 |
: 9780198834441 |
ISBN-13 |
: 0198834446 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (41 Downloads) |
Synopsis Oxford Textbook of Suicidology and Suicide Prevention by : Danuta Wasserman
Part of the authoritative Oxford Textbooks in Psychiatry series, the new edition of the Oxford Textbook of Suicidology and Suicide Prevention remains a key text in the field of suicidology, fully updated with new chapters devoted to major psychiatric disorders and their relation to suicide.
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: 2020 |
ISBN-10 |
: OCLC:1229755558 |
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: |
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: 4/5 (58 Downloads) |
Synopsis Mental Health, Men and Culture: how Do Sociocultural Constructions of Masculinities Relate to Men's Mental Health Help-seeking Behaviour in the WHO European Region? by :
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Total Pages |
: 28 |
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: 2001 |
ISBN-10 |
: UOM:39015054173375 |
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: |
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: 4/5 (75 Downloads) |
Synopsis Mental Health by :
Author |
: Jonah Goldberg |
Publisher |
: Crown Forum |
Total Pages |
: 482 |
Release |
: 2020-01-14 |
ISBN-10 |
: 9781101904954 |
ISBN-13 |
: 110190495X |
Rating |
: 4/5 (54 Downloads) |
Synopsis Suicide of the West by : Jonah Goldberg
NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • An urgent argument that America and other democracies are in peril because they have lost the will to defend the values and institutions that sustain freedom and prosperity. Now updated with a new preface! “Epic and debate-shifting.”—David Brooks, New York Times Only once in the last 250,000 years have humans stumbled upon a way to lift ourselves out of the endless cycle of poverty, hunger, and war that defines most of history. If democracy, individualism, and the free market were humankind’s destiny, they should have appeared and taken hold a bit earlier in the evolutionary record. The emergence of freedom and prosperity was nothing short of a miracle. As Americans we are doubly blessed, because the radical ideas that made the miracle possible were written not just into the Constitution but in our hearts, laying the groundwork for our uniquely prosperous society. Those ideas are: • Our rights come from God, not from the government. • The government belongs to us; we do not belong to it. • The individual is sovereign. We are all captains of our own souls, not bound by the circumstances of our birth. • The fruits of our labors belong to us. In the last few decades, these political virtues have been turned into vices. As we are increasingly taught to view our traditions as a system of oppression, exploitation, and privilege, the principles of liberty and the rule of law are under attack from left and right. For the West to survive, we must renew our sense of gratitude for what our civilization has given us and rediscover the ideals and habits of the heart that led us out of the bloody muck of the past—or back to the muck we will go.