Suicide

A Study in Sociology

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  • Hardback: pages
  • Published: July 1997
  • ISBN: 978-1-57230-240-2
  • Publisher: Guilford Press

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This volume aims to advance prevention efforts in the USA and around the world by exploring the meaning and prevalence of suicide from a multicultural perspective. The chapters comprise both clinical case studies and broader empirical investigations.

Table of Contents

Part I Individual perspectives: the adolescent - the individual in cultural perspective, Berman; Rick - a suicide of a young adult, Leenaars; culture and ego-ideal in suicide - an adult case, Maltsberger; being suicidal and elderly in changing times - a case history, Richman; social suicide, Maris. Part II Cultural perspectives: suicide in America - a nation of immigrants, Lester; suicide - the scourge of Native American people, EchoHawk; African-American suicide - a cultural paradox, Gibbs; suicide in San Francisco, USAU - a comparison of caucasian and Asian groups, 1987- 1994, Shian, et al; suicidality among acculturating Mexican Americans - current knowledge and directions for research, Hoovey, King. Part III International perspectives; suicide in an international perspective, Lester; suicide in Canada with special reference to the difference between Canada and the United States, Sakinofsky, Leenaars; perspectives - suicide in Europe, Schmidtke; culture and suicide - from a a Japanese psychiatrist's perspective, Takahshi.

Reviews

'Durkheim's great books are dedicated to the proposition that society transcends the individual: that our beliefs, values, dispositions and desires are often products of social forces and structures we poorly understand.' - Financial Times

'One of the acutest and most brilliant sociologists.' - Bronislaw Malinowski