The Sealed Box of Suicide - Colin Tatz, Simon Tatz

The Sealed Box of Suicide

The Contexts of Self-Death

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Buch | Softcover
XIII, 210 Seiten
2020 | 1st ed. 2019
Springer International Publishing (Verlag)
978-3-030-28161-8 (ISBN)
69,54 inkl. MwSt
This unique book explores suicide as more than just a manner of death. It challenges the myths, beliefs, dogma, and customs of suicide from the earliest theories. It offers fresh insights into dark spaces. World-wide, suicide deaths are three times greater than homicides, and are increasing. Current approaches to stem this 'epidemic' are not working, or have very limited success. Mental health interventions, theories about a suicide or a depression gene, and the ever-increasing dispensing of antidepressants have not lessened the stark statistics. 
The authors attempt to understand the soul of the suicide - addressing the social, economic, political, historical, geographic, and cultural contexts in which suicide occurs. The social order is indelibly connected to settings, places, circumstances, relationships, occupations, climate, and milieus. Most of the 36 diverse categories of self-motivated deaths defy a 'one-size-fits-all' approach. Recognising contexts and looking outside the confines that have imprisoned thinking about suicide, could well be more effective in alleviating or mitigating suicide than years searching for a possible vaccination against such death.
The book is an appeal to move beyond the medical model of suicide. Written in a very accessible style, it is of interest to social scientists, philosophers, professionals and researchers in public health, medical and behavioural sciences, and lay persons alike.

A critical, stimulating and moral tale of suicide that provides a new look

    --Michael J.  Kral, PhD, School of Social Work, Wayne State University, Michigan, USA

 ... a major breakthrough and a step in the right direction in addressing the problem of suicide

--Said Shahtahmasebi, PhD, Research Director, the Good Life Research Centre Trust, Christchurch, New Zealand 

 ... informed understanding of suicide's multiplicity and historical instability

- Jennifer White, PhD, School of Youth and Child Care, University of Victoria, British Columbia, Canada

 


lt;p>Colin Tatz has been an Australian academic sociologist and political scientist since 1964. His main interests are comparative race politics, genocide studies, Aboriginal studies, migration, youth suicide, and sport history. He held chairs of Politics at the University of New England (Armidale, NSW) and at Macquarie University (Sydney) from 1971 to 1999, and has been a visiting scholar at ANU since 2004. He is the author of 26 books, including Aboriginal Suicide is Different: A Portrait of Life and Self-Destruction (2005).

Simon  Tatz (BA Hons) has extensive experience in the health sectors in Australia, including Director of Public Health for the Australian Medical Association (AMA) and Director of Communications for Mental Health Australia. For over a decade Simon was senior advisor to senior federal parliamentarians, ministers and shadow ministers.  Simon writes essays and opinion pieces for a number of media outlets. The views expressed are personal and not attributable to any of my workplaces. 

Prologue.- Chapter 1. Depressing Thoughts.- Chapter 2. Suicide and History.- Chapter 3. Suicide and Criminality.- Chapter 4. Suicide and Science.- Chapter 5. Distinguishing Differences.- Chapter 6. The Matter of Reporting.- Chapter 7. Mainstream Suicide.- Chapter 8. Aboriginal Suicide.- Chapter 9. The Matter of Rejection.- Chapter 10. The Matter of Prevention.- Chapter 11. A Matter of Economics.- Chapter 12. A Matter of Education.- Chapter 13. Kinds Hearts and Coroners.- Chapter 14. Reading Guide.- References.

Erscheinungsdatum
Zusatzinfo XIII, 210 p. 1 illus.
Verlagsort Cham
Sprache englisch
Maße 155 x 235 mm
Gewicht 349 g
Themenwelt Geisteswissenschaften Psychologie Sozialpsychologie
Medizin / Pharmazie Medizinische Fachgebiete Psychiatrie / Psychotherapie
Studium Querschnittsbereiche Prävention / Gesundheitsförderung
Sozialwissenschaften Soziologie
Schlagworte Act of Violence Towards One-self • Critical Suicidology • Depression and Anxiety • Depression Gene • Mental Health and Depression • Self-Inflicted Death • Social Context of Violent Behaviour • Social Indicators of Mental Health • Suicide Behaviour • Suicide Prevention and Intervention
ISBN-10 3-030-28161-2 / 3030281612
ISBN-13 978-3-030-28161-8 / 9783030281618
Zustand Neuware
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