Understanding Suicide's Allure: Steps to Save Lives by Healing Psychological Scars
by20210113
Praeger
Pages | 360 |
Topics | Alcoholism and Substance Abuse;Causes Associated with Prescribed Medications;Conventional and Unconventional Psychotherapies;Cultural Perspectives;Developmental Psychology;Evolutionary Psychology;Gender Studies;Humanistic and Existential Psychology;Psychology: Abnormal |
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eBook
9781440862557
MLA
Krippner, Stanley et al. Understanding Suicide's Allure: Steps to Save Lives by Healing Psychological Scars. Praeger, 2021. ABC-CLIO, publisher.abc-clio.com/9781440862557.
Chicago Manual of Style
Krippner, Stanley, Linda Riebel, Joffe Ellis, Debbie, and Daryl Paulson. Understanding Suicide's Allure: Steps to Save Lives by Healing Psychological Scars. Praeger, 2021. http://publisher.abc-clio.com/9781440862557
APA
Krippner, S., Riebel, L., Joffe Ellis, Debbie & Paulson, D. (2021). Understanding Suicide's Allure: Steps to Save Lives by Healing Psychological Scars. Retrieved from http://publisher.abc-clio.com/9781440862557
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This book explains why suicide can be alluring to a person aiming to stop his or her traumatic pain—whether its source is bullying, sexual assault, war combat, or other PTSD-invoking events—and details approaches that can prevent suicide.
Suicide has been a taboo topic in Western culture. The mere mention of suicide sparks reactive responses that include medical, moral, spiritual, and religious debates. As a result, the authors open an important discussion here, offering an honest and non-judgmental examination of the many aspects involved in the nature of suicide, explaining that above all, people need to learn how to support those struggling with suicidal thoughts or to intercept their own suicidal thinking. The book also includes an extensive review and evaluation of the many available mental health treatments.
Special consideration is given to military suicides. U.S. soldier suicides exceed one per day and continue to rise in all military branches, while veteran suicide rates are even higher, averaging 17 per day. Communities, families, veterans, and service members are in need of tools and insights for coping with, navigating, and exposing the suicidal attitudes affecting many current and former members of the military.
- Incorporates academic research, media coverage, and the authors' personal experiences
- Includes topics associated with forms of suicide not widely addressed in other books, including evolutionary psychology, traumatic brain injury, prescription drug side-effects, and shamanism
- Addresses suicide in the general population as well as within the cadre of some of the nation's newest veterans—those who served in the Afghanistan and Iraq wars
- Table of Contents
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Table of Contents
Understanding Suicide's Allure: Steps to Save Lives by Healing Psychological Scars
Author(s): Krippner, Stanley; Riebel, Linda; Joffe Ellis, Debbie; Paulson, Daryl;Contributors: Krippner, Stanley; Riebel, Linda; Joffe Ellis, Debbie; Paulson, Daryl;Abstract:This book explains why suicide can be alluring to a person aiming to stop his or her traumatic pain—whether its source is bullying, sexual assault, war combat, or other PTSD-invoking events—and details approaches that can prevent suicide.
Suicide has been a taboo topic in Western culture. The mere mention of suicide sparks reactive responses that include medical, moral, spiritual, and religious debates. As a result, the authors open an important discussion here, offering an honest and non-judgmental examination of the many aspects involved in the nature of suicide, explaining that above all, people need to learn how to support those struggling with suicidal thoughts or to intercept their own suicidal thinking. The book also includes an extensive review and evaluation of the many available mental health treatments.
Special consideration is given to military suicides. U.S. soldier suicides exceed one per day and continue to rise in all military branches, while veteran suicide rates are even higher, averaging 17 per day. Communities, families, veterans, and service members are in need of tools and insights for coping with, navigating, and exposing the suicidal attitudes affecting many current and former members of the military.
- Incorporates academic research, media coverage, and the authors' personal experiences
- Includes topics associated with forms of suicide not widely addressed in other books, including evolutionary psychology, traumatic brain injury, prescription drug side-effects, and shamanism
- Addresses suicide in the general population as well as within the cadre of some of the nation's newest veterans—those who served in the Afghanistan and Iraq wars
SortTitle: understanding suicide's allure: steps to save lives by healing psychological scarsAuthor Info:Stanley KrippnerauthorLinda RiebelauthorDebbie Joffe EllisauthorDaryl S. PaulsonauthoreISBN-13: 9781440862557Cover Image URL: ~~FreeAttachments/9781440862557.jpgPrint ISBN-13: 9781440862540Imprint: PraegerPages: 360Publication Date: 20210113- Cover Cover11
- Title Page iii4
- Copyright iv5
- Contents v6
- Foreword ix10
- Acknowledgments xi12
- To the Reader xiii14
- When the Crisis Is Global: Coronavirus and PTSD xv16
- Section I: The Allure of Suicide 118
- Chapter 1: Who Is Attracted by the Allure of Suicide? 320
- Chapter 2: Suicide Is Complicated 1027
- Chapter 3: The Pioneer of Suicidology and What He Found 1633
- Chapter 4: Suicide among Minorities 2138
- Chapter 5: The Most Beautiful Alluring Demon I Have Ever Known 2845
- Chapter 6: Dreams, Nightmares, and Suicide 3653
- Chapter 7: Mental Illness and Suicide 4259
- Chapter 8: Teenage Suicides 4865
- Chapter 9: Physician-Assisted Suicide 5269
- Section II: Suicide in the Military 5976
- Section III: Sexual Assault and Suicide 85102
- Section IV: Bullying 109126
- Section V: Depression, Anxiety, and PTSD 131148
- Section VI: Other Groups at Risk 159176
- Section VII: How Professionals Understand Suicide 181198
- Chapter 30: Two Views of Suicide from Evolutionary Psychology 183200
- Chapter 31: Suicide as a Public Health Issue 186203
- Chapter 32: The Archetypes of Suicide 191208
- Chapter 33: Why Mythology Is Personal 196213
- Chapter 34: The Psychophysiology of Suicide 202219
- Chapter 35: The Rational Emotive Approach to Suicidal Thoughts 206223
- Chapter 36: Beyond the Personal Self: Transpersonal Models 213230
- Chapter 37: Systems Approaches to Understanding Suicide 219236
- Section VIII: Prevention 227244
- Chapter 38: Preventing Suicide 229246
- Chapter 39: REBT and Suicide Prevention 234251
- Chapter 40: Resilience Training and Suicide Prevention: Did It Work? 240257
- Chapter 41: Skills for Self-Regulation 246263
- Chapter 42: Building a Better Teenage Brain 250267
- Chapter 43: Preventing Suicide behind Bars 258275
- Chapter 44: Spirituality as a Path away from Suicide 262279
- Section IX: Healing 269286
- Chapter 45: Achieving Self-Empowerment 271288
- Chapter 46: Deal with PTSD Nightmares First 275292
- Chapter 47: Nightmare Dream Revision and Lucid Dreaming 282299
- Chapter 48: Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing 287304
- Chapter 49: Narrative Exposure Therapy 292309
- Chapter 50: Time Perspective Therapy 296313
- Chapter 51: How TPT Saved Jamie from PTSD 300317
- Chapter 52: Nature’s Gift 305322
- Chapter 53: Psychedelics Old and New 310327
- Chapter 54. Vine of the Spirits 316333
- Section X: Turning the Tide 323340
- Index 335352
- About the Authors 344361