Rethinking suicide : why prevention fails, and how we can do better / Craig J. Bryan.

Format:

• Book

Author/Creator:

• Bryan, Craig J., author.

Series:

• Oxford clinical psychology.
• Oxford clinical psychology

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

• Soldiers--Suicidal behavior.
• Suicide--Psychological aspects.
• War--Psychological aspects.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (224 pages) : illustrations (black and white)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

New York, NY : Oxford University Press, [2021]

Summary:

This text presents a critical evaluation of conventional wisdom and traditional assumptions about suicide, with particular attention focused on the assumed centrality of mental illness. It argues that suicide prevention efforts have disproportionately emphasized mental health-focused solutions, notably access to treatment and crisis services, based on research studies that are susceptible to bias and faulty interpretations of research findings. Instead of viewing suicide as a mental health issue, suicide should instead be seen as a 'wicked problem' that defies ordinary solutions. Wicked problems cannot be definitively solved or eliminated by conventional solution-oriented thinking, and require process-based thinking that may, in some cases, defy or contradict many of our long-held assumptions about suicide.

Contents:

• On the merits of productive stupidity
• The 90% statistic
• Balance beams and suicide-risk screening
• Performance escapes and catastrophes
• Marshmallows and braking systems
• Handwashing and changing the status Quo
• Seat belts and second chances
• Creating lives worth living.

Notes:

• Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Description based on online resource; title from digital title page (viewed on November 3, 2021)

Other Format:

Print version: Bryan, Craig J. Rethinking suicide.

ISBN:

• 0-19-005065-9
• 0-19-005064-0
• 0-19-757788-1

OCLC:

1260241772