The "I" of the Storm: Understanding the Suicidal Mind - Couverture rigide

Lester PhD., David

Couverture rigide

ISBN 10 : 3110374811 ISBN 13 : 9783110374810

Editeur : De Gruyter Open, 2014

Synopsis

We cannot explain why people kill themselves. There are no necessary or sufficient causes for suicide, so rather than explaining suicide (looking for causes), perhaps we can understand suicide, at least in one individual, a phenomenological approach. This book begins by examining the diaries from eight individuals who killed themselves. Using qualitative analyses, supplemented in some cases by quantitative analyses, Lester seeks to uncover the unique thoughts and feelings that led these individuals to take their own lives. Lester has also studied suicide notes, the poems of those who died by suicide (both famous poets and unpublished poets), the letters written by suicides, blogs and twitter feeds, and one tape recording of a young man who killed himself just an hour or so after he recorded the tape. This book will give you insights into the "I" of the storm, the suicidal mind.
David Lester has PhD's from Cambridge University (UK) and Brandeis University (USA). He is a former President of the International Association for Suicide Prevention and a leading scholar on suicide, murder, the fear of death and other topics and thanatology.

A propos du livre

À propos de l?auteur

David Lester, Richard Stockton College of New Jersey, USA

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: De Gruyter Open
• Date d'édition: 2014
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 3110374811
• ISBN 13: 9783110374810
• Reliure: Relié
• Nombre de pages: 169
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