Understanding Suicide in the United States: A Social, Biological, and Psychological Perspective

di Meaghan Stacy (Autore)

Jay Schulkin (Autore)

Cambridge University Press, 2023

By integrating sociological, psychological, and biological perspectives, this book aims to demystify and destigmatize a challenging and taboo topic – suicide. It weaves current theories and statistics on suicide into a larger message of how suicide can affect almost anyone, and how urgent prevention needs are. Written in an accessible manner, it assumes no pre-existing knowledge of suicide. The broad nontechnical overview will appeal to general readers and a wide range of disciplines, including politics and policy, biology, psychology, sociology, and psychiatry. It concludes on a positive note, focused on recovery, resilience, and hope. It considers not only how these factors may play a role in suicide prevention, but how, despite persistent suicide rates, we can proceed optimistically and take concrete action to support loved ones or promote suicide prevention efforts.

• Autore: Meaghan Stacy, Jay Schulkin
• Editore: Cambridge University Press
• Anno: 2023
• Rilegatura: Hardback
• Pagine: 194 p.
• EAN: 9781009386920

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