Suicide: The Social Causes of Self-Destruction

by Jason Manning and Jason Manning

Book Overview

The conventional approach to suicide is psychiatric: ask the average person why people kill themselves, and they will likely cite depression. But this approach fails to recognize suicide's social causes. People kill themselves because of breakups and divorces, because of lost jobs and ruined finances, because of public humiliations and the threat of arrest. While some psychological approaches address external stressors, this comprehensive study...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0813944341
• ISBN13: 9780813944340
• Release Date: June 2020
• Publisher: University of Virginia Press
• Length: 236 Pages
• Weight: 0.90 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.5" x 9.2"