The "I" of the storm : understanding the suicidal mind / David Lester.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Lester, David, author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Suicide--Psychology.

Suicide.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (181 pages)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Warsaw, [Poland] ; Berlin, [Germany] : De Gruyter Open, 2014.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

We cannot explain why people kill themselves. There are no necessary or sufficient causes for suicide, so rather than explaining suicide (looking for causes), perhaps we can understand suicide, at least in one individual, a phenomenological approach. This book begins by examining the diaries from eight individuals who killed themselves. Using qualitative analyses, supplemented in some cases by quantitative analyses, Lester seeks to uncover the unique thoughts and feelings that led these individuals to take their own lives. Lester has also studied suicide notes, the poems of those who died by suicide (both famous poets and unpublished poets), the letters written by suicides, blogs and twitter feeds, and one tape recording of a young man who killed himself just an hour or so after he recorded the tape. This book will give you insights into the "I" of the storm, the suicidal mind. David Lester has PhD's from Cambridge University (UK) and Brandeis University (USA). He is a former President of the International Association for Suicide Prevention and a leading scholar on suicide, murder, the fear of death and other topics and thanatology.

Contents:

Front matter

Contents

Preface

1 The Study of Personal Documents by Those Who Died by Suicide

2 The Use of Computer Programs for Analyzing Suicide Texts

Part I: The Study of Diaries

3 Katie's Diary

4 Cesare Pavese

5 Arthur Inman

6 Jim's Diary

7 A Suicide in Academia

8 The Diary of Kenneth Williams

9 Wallace Baker

10 Bobby Sands

Part II: Studies of Suicide Notes

11 The Study of Genuine and Simulated Notes

12 Suicide Notes From Attempted and Completed Suicides

13 Differences by Gender, Age and Other Variables

14 Protest Suicide in Korean Students and Laborers

Part III: Studies Of Other Written Materials

15 Studies of Poems

16 Studies of Letters

17 A Blog From a Murder-Suicide

18 The Final Words of a Suicide

19 Twitter Postings in the 24 Hours Prior to Suicide

20 Interviews With Attempted Suicides

21 Bereavement After Suicide: a Study of Memorials on the Internet

22 Conclusions: What Have We Learned?

References

Senior Author Index

Subject Index

Notes:

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Includes bibliographical references and index.

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ISBN:

3-11-039922-9

OCLC:

979969569

Access Restriction:

Unrestricted online access.