Critical Suicidology: Transforming Suicide Research and Prevention for the 21st Century

by Ian Marsh

Book Overview

In Critical Suicidology, a team of international scholars, practitioners, and people directly affected by suicide argue that the field of suicidology has become too focused on the biomedical paradigm: a model that pathologizes distress and obscures the social, political, and historical contexts that contribute to human suffering. The authors take a critical look at existing research, introduce the perspectives of those who have direct personal...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0774830301
• ISBN13: 9780774830300
• Release Date: February 2022
• Publisher: University of British Columbia Press
• Length: 298 Pages
• Weight: 0.95 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 5.9" x 8.9"