Night falls fast : understanding suicide / Kay Redfield Jamison.
| Author/creator | Jamison, Kay R. |
| Format | Book |
| Edition | 1st ed. |
| Publication Info | New York : Knopf, 1999. |
| Description | x, 432 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm |
| Supplemental Content | Sample text |
| Supplemental Content | Contributor biographical information |
| Supplemental Content | Publisher description |
| Subjects |
| Contents | pt. 1. Buried above ground: an introduction to suicide -- ch. 1. Death lies near at hand: history and overview -- ch. 2. To measure the heart's turbulence: definitions and magnitudes -- Essay: this life, this death -- pt. 2. Just hope has gone: psychology and psychopathology -- ch. 3. Take off the amber, put out the lamp: the psychology of suicide -- ch. 4. Burden of despair: psychopathology and suicide -- ch. 5. What matters it, if rope or garter: methods and places -- Essay: the lion enclosure -- pt. 3. Pangs of nature, taints of blood: the biology of suicide -- ch. 6. Plunge into deep waters: genetic and evolutionary perspectives -- ch. 7. Death-blood: neurobiology and neuropathology -- Essay: the colouring to events: the death of Meriwether Lewis -- pt. 4. Building against death: prevention of suicide -- ch. 8. Modest magical qualities: treatment and prevention -- ch. 9. As a society: the public health -- ch. 10. Half-stitched scar: those left behind. |
| Abstract | A study of the growing epidemic of suicide among young people draws on the author's firsthand battle with severe manic-depression and attempted suicide to reveal the psychological, medical, and biological aspects of self-influcted death. |
| Local note | Little--472346--3051310675952 |
| Local note | Little-472347--3051310675963 |
| Bibliography note | Includes bibliographical references (pages 319-414) and index. |
| Issued in other form | Online version: Jamison, Kay R. Night falls fast. 1st ed. New York : Knopf, 1999 |
| LCCN | 99311227 |
| ISBN | 0375401458 (hc) |
| ISBN | 9780375401459 (hc) |
| ISBN | 0330481789 (pbk.) |
| ISBN | 9780330481786 (pbk.) |
Availability
| Library | Location | Call Number | Status | Item Actions |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Joyner | General Stacks | RC569 .J36 1999 | ✔ Available | Place Hold |