Perspectives on a Young Woman's Suicide

John F. Gunn III, is Assistant Professor of psychology at Gwynedd Mercy University, and has examined suicide in a number of contexts, most notably examining theories of suicide across different populations. David Lester, is Emeritus Professor of psychology at Stockton University, has published extensively on suicide, murder and other issues in thanatology, with over 50 books in the fields of suicide and thanatology.

1. Introduction 2. Who is Katie? 3. Katie’s Diary: The First Month Commentaries; 4. The Complexity of Suicide: Exploring Katie’s Diary through a Bioecological Lens 5. Katie from the Perspective of the Interpersonal Theory of Suicide 6. Using the Three-Step Theory of Suicide to Understand Katie’s Desire for Suicide 7. Understanding Katie’s Experiences from The Perspective of the Integrated Motivation Volitional Model of Suicidal Behavior 8. Katie’s Implicit Life Plan for the End of Summer: How Implicit Prospection May Influence the Course of Events 9. What is the Meaning Katie? Katie’s Diaries Read through a Meaning-making Lens 10. A Safe Place for Katie: A Gestalt Therapy Perspective on her Suicidal Experience 11. Writing to Remain: Two Diaries from Young Women Who Wrote to Survive 12. Why Are We So Bad at Preventing Suicide? Conclusions;13. From the Ashes of Suicide: A Life Repurposed 14. What Happened During Katie’s Last Few Days: Mark’s Account 15.Why Did Katie Die by Suicide?