Suicide : theory, practice, and investigation / Ronald M. Holmes, Stephen T. Holmes.

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Bibliographic Details
Published: Thousand Oaks, California : Sage Publications, c2005.
Main Author:
Holmes, Ronald M.
Other Authors:
Holmes, Stephen T.
Subjects:
Suicide.
Suicide > United States.
Format: Book
Suicide : theory, practice, and investigation /
Table of Contents:
  • 1.5.9. Suicide in the United States
  • What is suicide?
  • Suicide attempts
  • Suicide and the survivors
  • 2. History and suicide
  • Selected historical analysis of suicide
  • Emerging ideas on suicide
  • 3. Theories and types of suicide
  • Emile Durkheim
  • Durkheim's suicide typology
  • Types of suicide
  • Selected theories of suicide
  • 4. Youth and suicide
  • Statistics on suicide
  • Family stability and suicide
  • Mental health and youth suicide
  • Youth suicide and correctional facilities
  • Youth suicide and substance abuse
  • Previous attempted suicides and completed suicides
  • Youth suicide and sexual and physical abuse
  • Screening programs and youth suicide
  • 5. Suicide and the elderly
  • Elderly suicide and statistics
  • Elderly suicide and physical health
  • Elderly suicide and psychological health
  • 6. Suicide and violence among intimates
  • Violence among intimates
  • Battered partners, violence, and partner homicide/suicide
  • What to look for in older adults and homicide/suicide
  • Family violence and suicide among adolescents
  • 7. Suicide letters : a typology and analysis
  • Suicide notes and letters
  • Categories of suicide notes and letters
  • Implications of suicide notes for suicide investigation
  • 8. Selected atypical suicides
  • Physician-assisted suicide
  • Who are the patients in physician-assisted suicides?
  • Cults and mass suicide
  • Terrorism
  • 9. Suicide investigation
  • Self-inflicted gunshot wounds
  • Hanging
  • Poisons
  • Self-smothering
  • Self-inflicted knife wounds
  • Jumping
  • Drowning
  • Pedestrian traffic suicides
  • Intentional traffic crashes
  • Fire
  • Railroad accidents
  • 10. Depression, drugs, alcohol, and suicide
  • Suicide : the role of depression, alcohol, and drugs
  • 11. Suicide and the future
  • What we have learned
  • How to get better
  • Organizations for help.

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