The complexities of suicide are examined from the developmental viewpoint. The text includes appropriate case studies, and three research studies, which were conducted especially for this work.
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A revised edition of the text reviewing the current literature on suicide in Western culture, approaching the topic from a historical as well as a clinical perspective and covering the life span from childhood to old age. Each life passage is discussed with an eye to understanding and empathizing with its particular stresses and discussing therapies which might prevent suicide. Case studies are provided to aid the student in seeing both the cause and effect of treatment cycles. This edition features new chapters on prevention and postvention, and physician-assisted suicide issues..
–Book News, Inc., Portland, Or --This text refers to the Paperback edition.
–Book News, Inc., Portland, Or --This text refers to the Paperback edition.
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Suicide and the Life Span,
By Ralph L. V. Rickgarn (Minneapolis, MN United States) - See all my reviews
This review is from: Suicide Across The Life Span: Premature Exits (Death, Education, Aging and Health Care) (Paperback)
Stillion and McDowell have developed a solid informational book on suicide. Their organization moves the reader from an understanding of the historical factors relating to perspectives on the natue and causes of suicide. Then, using a life-span developmental model, they present the issues of suicide in chiildren, adolescents, youung and middle adulthood and the elderly. each sectiioin has a model that reviews psychological, cognitive and environmental risk factos for that age group as well as wrning signs, triggering events and behaviors. Material relating to prevention, intervention and ostvention are presented in a cleare manner. They conclude the book with a discussion of contemporary issues including the right-to-die debate and assisted suicide. An extensive reference list adds to the value of the book. The only detraction is that the statistics are out-of-date, but that can be managed by a visit to the CDC site. I recommend this book for the general public, teachers and professionals.
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Suicide may be one of the most puzzling subjects in the history of the human species. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
suicide trajectory model, suicidal target figures, female target figures, influence suicidal behavior, suicide across the life span, suicidal children, suicidal young adults, nonsuicidal group, elderly suicide rate, cognitive risk factors, suicidal people, peer personality, developmental chapters, suicidal adults, individual school systems, adolescent suicide rate, young adult suicide, suicide attitudes, adolescent suicide attempters, suicide prevention programs, cluster suicides, elderly suicides, suicidal adolescents, attitudes toward suicide, suicidal crisis Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
United States, New York, African American, Bureau of the Census, Supreme Court, World War, North Carolina, Birth Yrs, Jesus of Nazareth, King Saul, Roger Young, Social Security, United Kingdom, Catholic Church, Karen Quinlan, National Hospice Organization, Old Testament, Van Hoof, Aaron Beck, Albert Ellis, American Association of Suicidology, Englewood Cliffs, Houghton Mifflin, International Universities Press, Los Angeles Suicide Prevention Center New!
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Suicide may be one of the most puzzling subjects in the history of the human species. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
suicide trajectory model, suicidal target figures, female target figures, influence suicidal behavior, suicide across the life span, suicidal children, suicidal young adults, nonsuicidal group, elderly suicide rate, cognitive risk factors, suicidal people, peer personality, developmental chapters, suicidal adults, individual school systems, adolescent suicide rate, young adult suicide, suicide attitudes, adolescent suicide attempters, suicide prevention programs, cluster suicides, elderly suicides, suicidal adolescents, attitudes toward suicide, suicidal crisis Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
United States, New York, African American, Bureau of the Census, Supreme Court, World War, North Carolina, Birth Yrs, Jesus of Nazareth, King Saul, Roger Young, Social Security, United Kingdom, Catholic Church, Karen Quinlan, National Hospice Organization, Old Testament, Van Hoof, Aaron Beck, Albert Ellis, American Association of Suicidology, Englewood Cliffs, Houghton Mifflin, International Universities Press, Los Angeles Suicide Prevention Center New!
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- Learned Optimism: How to Change Your Mind and Your Life by Martin E. P. Seligman on 4 pages
- Death Education by Hannelore Wass in Front Matter, and Back Matter
- Introduction to Psychology by Rita L. Atkinson on page 68, and page 69
- DYING FACING FACTS - SEE 3ED CL (Series in Death Education, Aging and Health Care) by Wass Et Al in Front Matter, and Back Matter
- Hilgard's Introduction to Psychology by Rita L. Atkinson on page 68, and page 69
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- Beyond the Innocence of Childhood, Volume 3: Helping Children and Adolescents Cope With Death and Bereavement (Professional Practices in Adult Education and Human Resource) by David W. Adams on page 149
- When Professionals Weep: Emotional and Countertransference Responses in End-of-Life Care (Series in Death, Dying, and Bereavement) by Renee Katz in Front Matter
- Horrendous Death, Health And Well Being (Series in Death, Dying, and Bereavement) by Daniel Leviton in Front Matter
- Basic Questions on Suicide and Euthanasia: Are They Ever Right? (BioBasics Series) by Gary P. Stewart in Back Matter
- Counseling Troubled Older Adults by Harold George Koenig on page 34
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