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Suicide remains one of the most pressing public health concerns
across the world. Expensive in terms of the human cost and
associated suffering, the economic costs, the social costs and the
spiritual costs, it affects millions of people every year. This
important reference work collects together a wide range of research
around suicide and suicide prevention, in order to guide future
research and provide guidance for professionals about the best way
to respond meaningfully to suicidal patients. Responding to the
need for multi-disciplinary and international research to deepen
our understanding of suicide, it demonstrates where our knowledge
is firmly evidence-based and where new areas for research are
emerging, as well as highlighting where we know little. Divided
into six parts, each with its own editorial introduction and
commentary, it explores research with and about survivors of
suicide and indigenous populations. The remaining sections look at
suicide-focused research in psychiatric nursing, psychiatry,
psychology, and social work and allied health. It is of interest to
all advanced students, practitioners and scholars interested in
suicide and its impact and prevention.
Suicide remains one of the most pressing public health concerns
across the world. Expensive in terms of the human cost and
associated suffering, the economic costs, the social costs and the
spiritual costs, it affects millions of people every year. This
important reference work collects together a wide range of research
around suicide and suicide prevention, in order to guide future
research and provide guidance for professionals about the best way
to respond meaningfully to suicidal patients. Responding to the
need for multi-disciplinary and international research to deepen
our understanding of suicide, it demonstrates where our knowledge
is firmly evidence-based and where new areas for research are
emerging, as well as highlighting where we know little. Divided
into six parts, each with its own editorial introduction and
commentary, it explores research with and about survivors of
suicide and indigenous populations. The remaining sections look at
suicide-focused research in psychiatric nursing, psychiatry,
psychology, and social work and allied health. It is of interest to
all advanced students, practitioners and scholars interested in
suicide and its impact and prevention.
Feigning Heart is not for the faint of heart. Looking forward to
Kenyan Independence, bureaucrat Tom Odhuno is willing to do
anything to climb the ladder of power in his new nation. In the
Kenya highlands a roadside robbery brings three people together.
Odhuno and his young wife Eve Wakimu are set upon by thieves and
Odhuno is robbed of everything. Jude Muigai, a student and farmer's
son, comes to their rescue earning Odhuno's gratitude, but it is
love at first sight for Eve and Muigai. Eve claims she is Odhuno's
slave because Odhuno paid "bride price" to her father for an
arranged marriage. Odhuno claims Eve is bad luck for his career and
wants return of the bride price. Odhuno who also has a city wife
Viki divorces country wife Eve, separating their son Dhano and
daughter Rose Waridi. Despite her love for Muigai, Eve seeking
security for her and Rose marries British teacher Thomas Tatton. As
consolation Muigai marries Eve's sister. Odhuno as a corrupt
bureaucrat accrues power and becomes wealthy poaching wildlife.
Pursued by an undercover investigation, Odhuno attempts to keep his
little empire afloat while maintaining connections with family.
It was up-county Kenya and Kimani, a young man who had finished his
A' level examinations, looked hopefully towards university. Out of
school, hungry and desperate for a job, he obtains a job at a
corrupt private, girls' secondary school. The once moral young man
quickly falls prey to the corruption where the girls are the
personal harem of the school's owner. Getting fired for liaisons
with the owner's favorite girl he leaves that school for another,
yet descends further into moral depravity. Despite warnings from
friends and lacking a moral compass he descends further into
degeneracy and humiliation.
Following the tragic and unexpected death of his former wife of
eighteen years, the author reflects on his life with her; whether
the bitter was in fair proportion to the sweet. He was entranced
seeing her the first time. Their feverish romance led to a rushed
and chaotic wedding and soon their daughter. Their story was the
heartrending attempts leading to a second child and her frustrated
attempts at perfecting her life. Struggling with fertility problems
along with confidence and career troubles, the couple moves around
the country in search of solutions. After years of effort
attempting to build the perfect life, the marriage ends in
infidelity and divorce. Suddenly being a single father, while
resurrecting his trust and confidence in humanity, he has to
balance his needs with his children's in order to keep both parents
in their lives. Excerpt from the book: "The email from him to my
wife began: 'My beloved friend and confidant' - which strangely did
not jab my gut right away, since the first emotional response to
death and dying is denial. It arrived as a cold-hearted explanation
of the last year of increasing distance between me and my wife, and
petty fault finding about her less than perfect husband...I read
on. 'Let's make sure we have plenty of time for us and a lot of
time for making love.' That was the sentence that drove metal
electrodes into my heart, and the last phrase of the email slammed
closed a switch to send a thousand amps of electricity eviscerating
my heart: 'I love you' was the ending."
Wanjiru Tatton is surviving with her mother and two sisters in a
grass hut on the outskirts of a boys' high school in upcountry
Kenya. She is infatuated with an American teacher at the school and
has an intense on-again, off-again affair that leaves her with two
sons, whose American father is forced to leave Kenya. Wanjiru's
sons Muturi and Mumera grow up in a tribalistic culture feeling
both unique and out of place. Wanjiru does what she feels is
necessary to get the best for her children.
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