Suicide : individual, cultural, international perspectives / Antoon A. Leenaars, Ronald W. Maris, and Yoshitomo Takahashi, editors.
| Format | Book |
| Publication Info | New York : Guilford Publications, 1997. |
| Description | 151 pages : illustrations ; 26 cm |
| Subjects |
| Other author/creator | Leenaars, Antoon A. |
| Other author/creator | Maris, Ronald W. |
| Other author/creator | Takahashi, Yoshitomo. |
| Other author/creator | American Association of Suicidology. Meeting 1996) (29th : |
| Contents | pt. 1. Individual perspectives -- ch. 1. Adolescent: the individual in cultural perspective / Alan L. Berman -- ch. 2. Rick: a suicide of a young adult / Antoon A. Leenaars -- ch. 3. Culture and ego-ideal in suicide: an adult case / John T. Maltsberger -- ch. 4. Being suicidal and elderly in changing times: a case history / Joseph Richman -- ch. 5. Social suicide / Ronald W. Maris -- pt. 2. Cultural perspectives -- ch. 6. Suicide in America: a nation of immigrants -- ch. 7. Suicide: the scourge of Native American people / Marlene EchoHawk -- ch. 8. African-American suicide: a cultural paradox / Jewelle T. Gibbs -- ch. 9. Suicide in San Francisco, CA: a comparison of Caucasian and Asian groups, 1987-1994 / Julia Shiang, Robert Blinn, Bruce Bongar, Boyd Stephens, Donna Allison and Alan Schatzgberg -- ch. 10. Suicidality among acculturating Mexican Americans: current knowledge and directions for research / Joseph D. Hovey and Cheryl A. King -- pt. 3. International perspectives -- ch. 11. Suicide in an international perspective / David Lester -- ch. 12. Suicide in Canada with special reference to the difference between Canada and the United States / Isaac Sakinofsky and Antoon A. Leenaars -- . ch. 13. Perspectives: suicide in Europe / Armin Schmidtke -- ch. 14. Culture and suicide: from a Japanese psychiatrist's perspective / Yoshitomo Takahashi. |
| General note | At head of title: Special issue. |
| General note | "Special issue, Suicide and life-threatening behavior, 27(1), Spring 1997." |
| General note | Contains core keynote papers from the 29th Annual Conference of the American Association of Suicidology. |
| General note | Simultaneously published in Suicide and life threatening behavior, volume 27, number, spring 1997 by the American Association of Suicidology. |
| Bibliography note | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Other title | Suicide & life-threatening behavior. |
| LCCN | 98155040 |
| ISBN | 1572302402 |
Availability
| Library | Location | Call Number | Status | Item Actions |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Joyner | General Stacks | HV6545 .S9486 1997 | ✔ Available | Place Hold |