Why People Die By Suicide

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What we know and don't know about suicide -- Capability to enact lethal self-injury is acquired -- Desire for death -- What do we mean by suicide? How is it distributed in people? -- What roles do genetics, neurobiology, and mental disorders play in suicidal behavior? -- Risk assessment, crisis intervention, treatment, and prevention -- Future of suicide prevention and research.;In the wake of a suicide, the most troubling questions are invariably the most difficult to answer: How could we have known? What could we have done? And always, unremittingly: Why? Written by a clinical psychologist whose own life has been touched by suicide, this book offers a clear account of why some people choose to die. What we know and don't know about suicide -- Capability to enact lethal self-injury is acquired -- Desire for death -- What do we mean by suicide? How is it distributed in people? -- What roles do genetics, neurobiology, and mental disorders play in suicidal behavior? -- Risk assessment, crisis intervention, treatment, and prevention -- Future of suicide prevention and research.