The Enigma of SuicideWith deep compassion and humanity, George Howe Colt helps us understand how and why suicide happens and what we can do to help. "The Enigma of Suicide" combines powerful case histories with a fascinating, multidisciplinary survey of current knowledge to offer new insight into every aspect of this widespread yet little-understood phenomenon. Colt clarifies: the various motives for committing suicide and the meaning the act may have for the person who kills himself who commits suicide and why certain people and groups seem more susceptible to it than others self-destructive behaviors that may lead to suicide, including alcoholism the role of the media and popular music in suicide warning signs and the possibilities for prevention both sides of the growing right-to-die debate how suicide affects those left behind and their ways of coping |
Contents
Preface | 7 |
Justin | 15 |
The Rock of the Forefathers | 129 |
He Is at Liberty to Die Who Does | 144 |
Moral Medicine and Vital Statistics | 183 |
THE RANGE OF SELFDESTRUCTIVE | 207 |
Under the Shadow | 222 |
Backing into the Grave | 262 |
The Limits Are Obscure and Every Errour | 380 |
A Model Hemlock Couple | 398 |
Merryl and Carl | 409 |
The Mark of Cain | 421 |
The Torture Chamber | 433 |
The OerFraught Heart | 443 |
The Jigsaw Puzzle | 458 |
The Building Blocks | 483 |
Connections | 275 |
There Is No Life So Miserable but It May | 285 |
Treatment | 307 |
The Unanswered Question | 346 |
Your Good End in Life Is Our Concern | 367 |
Merryl and Carl | 491 |
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