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Bullying, Suicide, and Homicide
Understanding, Assessing, and Preventing Threats to Self and Others for Victims of Bullying
- By Butch Losey.
Published May 2011
In our society, bullying is commonly seen as a normal, inescapable part of growing up that children and adolescents must simply endure. In Bullying, Suicide, and Homicide, Butch Losey challenges this viewpoint, arguing that bullying is not a part of childhood development, but rather an aberrant…
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Grief After Suicide
Understanding the Consequences and Caring for the Survivors
- Edited by John R. Jordan, and John L. McIntosh.
Published October 2010
There are over 30,000 suicide deaths each year in the United States alone, and the numbers in other countries suggest that suicide as a cause of death will be around for the foreseeable future. A suicide leaves behind more victims than just the individual, as family, friends,…
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Helping Children and Young People who Self-harm
An Introduction to Self-harming and Suicidal Behaviours for Health Professionals
- By Tim McDougall, Marie Armstrong and Gemma Trainor.
Published July 2010
Every year thousands of children and young people attend emergency departments with problems resulting from self-harm. More still come to the attention of CAMHS teams, school nurses and other community-based services. Helping Children and Young People who Self-harm provides clear and practical…
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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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Family Therapy with Suicidal Adolescents
- By Anthony P. Jurich.
Published September 2007
This book describes a blend of insight-oriented, behavioral, and strategic family therapy, which the author has developed over thirty-four years of dealing with suicidal adolescents. It aims not to replace other forms of therapy but to augment the therapist’s own therapeutic style.
The book offers…
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Children's Rights
Policy and Practice, Second Edition
- By Jean A. Pardeck.
Published April 2006
Get up-to-date information on children’s and parent’s rightsChildren have a basic human right to be free of abuse and maltreatment. The late Dr. John Pardeck’s Children’s Rights: Policy and Practice, Second Edition comprehensively explores the latest legal, psychological,…
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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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A Special Scar
The Experiences of People Bereaved by Suicide, 2e
- By Alison Wertheimer.
- Foreword by Colin Murray Parkes.
Published June 2001
Every 85 minutes someone in the UK takes their own life, but what happens to those left behind? In a society where suicide is often viewed with fear or disapproval, it can be difficult for those personally affected by a suicide death to come to terms with their loss and seek help and support. A…
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