Understanding Suicide in the United States

Erscheinungsjahr 2023
ISBN: 978-1-009-38690-6
Verlag: Cambridge University Press

Buch, Englisch, 194 Seiten, Format (B × H): 152 mm x 229 mm, Gewicht: 266 g

By integrating sociological, psychological, and biological perspectives, this book aims to demystify and destigmatize a challenging and taboo topic – suicide. It weaves current theories and statistics on suicide into a larger message of how suicide can affect almost anyone, and how urgent prevention needs are. Written in an accessible manner, it assumes no pre-existing knowledge of suicide. The broad nontechnical overview will appeal to general readers and a wide range of disciplines, including politics and policy, biology, psychology, sociology, and psychiatry. It concludes on a positive note, focused on recovery, resilience, and hope. It considers not only how these factors may play a role in suicide prevention, but how, despite persistent suicide rates, we can proceed optimistically and take concrete action to support loved ones or promote suicide prevention efforts.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Stacy, Meaghan

Schulkin, Jay

Inhaltsverzeichnis

1. A Brief View on the Social History of Suicide; 2. Pain, Suffering, and Buffering; 3. Allostasis: The Biology and Neuroscience of Suicide; 4. Suicide Demographics in the United States; 5. Prevention, Identification, and Intervention; 6. Building Resilient Individuals, Communities, and Societies to Prevent Suicide; 7. Hope; References; Index.

Über Autor(innen)

Stacy, Meaghan
Meaghan Stacy is a licensed clinical psychologist and Associate Professor of Psychiatry at Yale School of Medicine. She has over fifteen years of experience in health care system change and improvement, and she has authored more than forty articles and 100 presentations in national and international settings. She is the Editor of Recovering the US Mental Healthcare System: The Past, Present, and Future of Psychosocial Interventions for Psychosis (2022).

Schulkin, Jay
Jay Schulkin was Research Professor at the University of Washington and a prolific researcher with over 500 papers and nearly forty books to his name. His broad philosophical and scientific interests ranged such topics as behavioral neuroscience, naturalistic philosophy, feeding behavior, homeostasis, and the evolution of the human brain.