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000  01766nam  2200265 a 4500
001     97010780
008  980328s1997    pau      b    00100 eng  
010      $a97010780
019  1   $a13157421
019      $a97010780
020      $a0914783823 (alk. paper)
036      $b17577986
050  00  $aHV6545$b.L419 1997
082  00  $a362.28/7$221
099      $a362.28$bLES
100  1   $aLester, David,$d1942-
245  10  $aMaking sense of suicide :$ban in-depth look at
         why people kill themselves /$cDavid Lester.
260      $aPhiladelphia :$bCharles Press,$cc1997.
300      $aix, 195 p. ;$c23 cm.
504      $aIncludes bibliographical references and index.
505  0   $a1. Suicide: A Meaningful Behavior -- 2. Problems
         in Suicide Research -- 3. Labeling Death: Taxonomies of
         Dying -- 4. Heredity, Environment and Suicide -- 5.
         Childhood Experiences and Suicide Later in Life -- 6.
         Personality and Suicide -- 7. Aggression and Suicide -- 8.
         Suicide and Homicide -- 9. The Social Context of Suicide --
         10. Suicidal Communications and the Suicide Note -- 11. How
         the Suicidal Person Thinks -- 12. Gender Differences in
         Suicidal Behavior -- 13. Young People, African Americans and
         Native Americans -- 14. Sociological Factors in Suicide --
         15. Sociological Theories of Suicide -- 16. Drugs, Alcohol
         and Suicidal Behavior -- 17. Mental Illness and Suicide --
         18. Time, Season, Weather and Suicide -- 19. An Individual
         Case of Suicide -- 20. Preventing Suicide: What Everyone
         Should Know.
520      $aLester examines the pervasiveness and seriousness
         of attempted and complete suicides, so that readers will
         seek info on their own and make sure they learn how to
         respond to such behaviour.
650   0  $aSuicide.
650   0  $aSuicidal behavior.
650   0  $aSuicide$xPrevention.