Myths about Suicide
by Thomas Joiner
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We need to get it in our heads that suicide is not easy, painless, cowardly, selfish, vengeful, selfmasterful, or rash; that it is not caused by breast augmentation, medicines, "slow" methods like smoking or anorexia, or, as some psychoanalysts thought, things like masturbation; that it is partly genetic and influenced by mental disorders, themselves often agonizing; and that it is preventable and treatable.Tags
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The book was pretty repetitive (kept bringing up the same examples over and over again) and I wish it had a better table of contents. But Joiner definitely knows his stuff and he writes in a very engaging way, with appropriate intensity and details. I think I agree with everything he said about the various myths. I would recommend this to suicidal people, their families and friends, and anyone who's just interested in the subject. If I commit suicide, I might will my diaries to Dr. Joiner for his research.
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Thomas Joiner is Distinguished Research of Psychology of Florida State University and author of Why People Die by Suicide (Harvard).
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- Genres
- Nonfiction, Sociology, General Nonfiction
- DDC/MDS
- 362.28 — Society, government, & culture Social problems and social services Social Welfare Mental illness Suicide
- LCC
- HV6545 .J648 — Social sciences Social pathology. Social and public welfare. Criminology Social pathology. Social and public welfare. Criminology Crimes and offenses
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- Languages
- English
- Media
- Paper, Ebook
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- 4
