Myths about suicide [electronic resource] / Thomas Joiner.

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 ge...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Joiner, Thomas E.
Language:English
Published: Cambridge, Mass. : Harvard University Press, 2010.
Subjects:
Suicide.
Suicide victims > Psychology.
Online Access:
EBSCO eBooks: 2010 (EBSCO)
eBook Academic Collection (EBSCOhost) – North America: 2010 (EBSCO)
Format: Electronic eBook
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Summary:
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.
Bibliography Note:Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:9780674056558 (online)