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Suicide (IN: Perspectives on Loss and Trauma: Assaults on the Self, by J H Harvey)
Harvey J H
Discusses the pervasiveness of suicide, the history of suicide, suicidal behaviour as a cry for help, what to do if confronted with a friend’s thoughts of suicide, contemporary issues in suicide, meanings of suicide, the etiology of suicide, suicide & the elderly, suicide & mental illness, myths about suicide, rational suicide, coping with the suicide of a loved one, & the Internet & support groups.