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Why People Die by Suicide

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Harvard University Press, Jun 30, 2009 - Psychology - 276 pages
Drawing on extensive clinical and epidemiological evidence, as well as personal experience, Thomas Joiner provides the most coherent and persuasive explanation ever given of why and how people overcome life's strongest instinct, self-preservation. He tests his theory against diverse facts about suicide rates among men and women; white and African-American men; anorexics, athletes, prostitutes, and physicians; members of cults, sports fans, and citizens of nations in crisis.
  

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User Review  - Patricia Boyle - Goodreads

The author explains his theory of suicide based on three premises: the perception of burdensomness, the propensity to enact lethal self-injury, and the sense ofr disconnectedness. The book is a ... Read full review

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i read this book for my psychology class and gave it 3.5 stars. it starts out slow after the prolouge about joiners father. about a little over a quarter of the way through it picked up steam became ... Read full review

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Contents

What We Know and Dont Know about Suicide
16
The Capability to Enact Lethal SelfInjury Is Acquired
46
The Desire for Death
94
What do We Mean bu Suicide? How is it Distributed in People?
137
What Roles Do Genetics Neurobiology and Mental Disorders Play in Suicidal Behavior?
172
Risk Assessment Crisis Intervention Treatment and Prevention
203
The Future of Suicide Prevention and Research
223
Epilogue
231
Notes
235
Works Cited
243
Acknowledgments
267
Index
271
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About the author (2009)

Thomas Joiner is Distinguished Research Professor and Bright-Burton Professor of Psychology at Florida State University and author of "Why People Die by Suicide".

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