Grief and Bereavement Arena

Suicide and Justice

A Chinese Perspective

• By Fei Wu.

Published September 2009

Sociological and psychiatric studies on suicide based on Western ideas about human nature see suicide as social or individual disorder. Suicide in China, however, should be understood differently. By analyzing 30 cases, Wu Fei studies the dynamics of suicide in terms of family politics and…
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Hope in Action

Solution-Focused Conversations About Suicide

• By Heather Fiske.

Published May 2008

Respectful and effective solution-focused brief therapy (SFBT) for suicidal clients Few tasks are more important—and daunting—than to help someone who is suicidal to go beyond the darkness of hopelessness to the light of hope. Hope in Action: Solution-Focused Conversations About Suicide is a unique…
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Relating to Self-Harm and Suicide

Psychoanalytic Perspectives on Practice, Theory and Prevention

• Edited by Stephen Briggs, Alessandra Lemma and William Crouch.

Published April 2008

Relating to Self-Harm and Suicide presents original studies and research from contemporary psychoanalysts, therapists and academics focusing on the psychoanalytic understanding of suicide and self-harm, and how this can be applied to clinical work and policy. This powerful critique of current…
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Suicide Among Racial and Ethnic Minority Groups

Theory, Research, and Practice

• Edited by Frederick T.L. Leong, and Mark M. Leach.

Published December 2007

Suicide is increasingly understood and predicted as an intersection of biological, psychological, cognitive, and sociocultural factors. We have some basic knowledge of these factors and how they interact, but presently we know very little about how culture can play a role as a variable that…
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Suicide

Strategies and Interventions for Reduction and Prevention

• Edited by Stephen Palmer.

Published October 2007

All practitioners working in the caring and helping professions face many challenges and questions when dealing with suicidal clients: Is this client being serious? Can I do more? What should I do? Should I refer on? Should I break confidentiality? Have I assessed this client correctly? Both…
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Culture and Self-Harm

Attempted Suicide in South Asians in London

• By Dinesh Bhugra.

Published September 2004

Attempted suicide is a matter of serious public health concern. Culture and Self-Harm considers the factors that may contribute to this increased rate of self-harm and suicide among south Asians in London, which cannot be blamed on migration alone. Cultural pressures that dictate the way stress is…
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Katie's Diary

Unlocking the Mystery of a Suicide

• Edited by David Lester.

Published October 2003

Katie's Diary is a unique analysis of the diary left behind by a young woman who has committed suicide. As compared to suicide notes, which are typically brief, Katie's diary consists of five separate books, an opportunity to look into the mind of a suicide from a source of data that is…
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Suicide

A Study in Sociology

• By Emile Durkheim, and Emile Durkheim.

Published February 2002

There would be no need for sociology if everyone understood the social frameworks within which we operate. That we do have a connection to the larger picture is largely thanks to the pioneering thinker Émile Durkheim. He recognized that, if anything can explain how we as individuals relate to…
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Suicide

A Study in Sociology

• By Emile Durkheim.

Published February 2002

There would be no need for sociology if everyone understood the social frameworks within which we operate. That we do have a connection to the larger picture is largely thanks to the pioneering thinker Émile Durkheim. He recognized that, if anything can explain how we as individuals relate to…
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Disease, Pain, and Suicidal Behavior

• By Elsebeth Stenager.

Published October 1997

Estimating the risk for suicidal behavior among patients is often a very complex challenge for psychiatrists, general practitioners, psychologists, surgeons, specialists in internal medicine, neurologists, nurses, and social workers. Disease, Pain, and Suicidal Behavior is designed to help you…
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