| Description |
1 online resource (xvi, 447 pages : illustrations). |
| Physical Medium |
polychrome |
| Description |
text file |
| Series |
McGill-Queen's/Associated Medical Services studies in the history of medicine, health, and society ; 33
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McGill-Queen's/Associated Medical Services studies in the history of medicine, health, and society ; 33.
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| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Contents |
Suicide as a gauge for the times : the nineteenth century -- Epistemic communities and the suicide problem : the twentieth century -- Bearings on a temporal compass : rates, seasons, cohorts, and motives -- Work and troubles : men and motives -- Sorrows and burdens : women and motives -- What becomes of the broken-hearted? : intentions, decisions, and acts -- Managing mental crises : psychiatry and suicidal patients. |
| Summary |
More people die by suicide each year than by homicide, wars, and terrorist attacks combined. Witnesses and survivors are left perplexed and troubled. Doctors, clinical psychologists, and social workers try to deal with it through their professional routines; sociologists and psychiatrists attempt to provide theoretical explanations of it. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
Suicide -- New Zealand -- History.
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Suicide. |
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New Zealand. |
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History. |
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Suicide -- Australia -- Queensland -- History.
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Australia. |
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Queensland. |
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Suicide.
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| Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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Electronic resource.
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History.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: 9780773535138 |
| ISBN |
9780773576827 (electronic book) |
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0773576827 (electronic book) |
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1282867261 |
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9781282867260 |
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9780773535138 (bound) |
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