| Edition |
First edition. |
| Description |
x, 432 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 319-414) and index. |
| Contents |
pt. 1. Buried above ground: an introduction to suicide -- ch. 1. Death lies near at hand: history and overview -- ch. 2. To measure the heart's turbulence: definitions and magnitudes -- Essay: this life, this death -- pt. 2. Just hope has gone: psychology and psychopathology -- ch. 3. Take off the amber, put out the lamp: the psychology of suicide -- ch. 4. Burden of despair: psychopathology and suicide -- ch. 5. What matters it, if rope or garter: methods and places -- Essay: the lion enclosure -- pt. 3. Pangs of nature, taints of blood: the biology of suicide -- ch. 6. Plunge into deep waters: genetic and evolutionary perspectives -- ch. 7. Death-blood: neurobiology and neuropathology -- Essay: the colouring to events: the death of Meriwether Lewis -- pt. 4. Building against death: prevention of suicide -- ch. 8. Modest magical qualities: treatment and prevention -- ch. 9. As a society: the public health -- ch. 10. Half-stitched scar: those left behind. |
| Subject |
Suicide -- United States.
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Children -- Suicidal behavior -- United States.
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Youth -- Suicidal behavior -- United States.
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Suicide -- psychology.
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Behavioral Symptoms.
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Mood Disorders.
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| ISBN |
0375401458 hardcover |
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9780375401459 hardcover |
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