This book is a representation of the current state of our
understanding of suicide and the practice of suicide prevention.
Part I outlines suicidology's history and development. It consists
of four chapters: an outline of the evolution of contemporary
suicidology as a professional career, a look at suicidology of one
hundred years ago, a close examination of the definitions of
suicide, and an examination of the political culture and public
policy choices in suicidology. Currently in the Western world,
suicide is a conscious act of self-induced annihilation, best
understood as a multidimensional malaise in a needful individual
who defines an issue for which suicide is perceived as the best
solution. To understand this self-induced annihilation, one should
also understand violence. Part II presents four chapters: an
explication of violence and its legacy, the role of trauma and
violence in subsequent suicidal behavior, homicide with specific
reference to elderly Anglo females, and terrorism and hostage
taking. The very person who takes his/her life may be least aware
of the psychological reasons for doing so. Part III consists of a
study of unconscious processes in suicide, and an explication of
the confusions of the body, self, and others in suicidal states.
Mental health clinicians must deal with suicide in the lives of
many people across various ages. Part IV presents an essay on
suicidal children, identifying these youngsters as having serious
developmental problems, and a review of adolescent suicidal
behavior. Various approaches to knowledge are encouraged in
suicidology. Part V consists of a review of the literature,
exemplified by two cases: an outline of the psychological autopsyin
forensic suicidology and the explication of a suicide's videotape,
addressing the question, "When someone commits suicide, who is
responsible?" The intense personal study of suicidal lives is also
necessary. Part VI consists of the careful study of the medical
records of Adolf Hitler, and an examination through newly found
documents of the sub-intended death of Herman Melville. Cultural
elements in the suicidal event must also be understood. Part VII
presents a view of Japanese suicide and recent trends of suicide
and its prevention in Japan. The saga of suicide does not end with
death. Survivors of suicide often need professional attention. Part
VIII presents what happens to the significant others who remain
behind after the suicidal death, and a study of the lives of the
survivors of suicide of ninety-three New York City policemen who
killed themselves between 1934 and 1940. Is suicide of the
terminally ill the same as other suicides? Death with dignity,
euthanasia, assisted suicide, planned death are all forms that
describe such a death. Part IX examines the right to die and its
consideration from the different cultural perspectives of the
Netherlands, Germany, and the United States.
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