Books on suicide
Discussion
Bit of a morbid subject I know, but a friend has had to deal with a family member killing themselves this week.
She wants to try and understand why (I have told her the chances are she'll never know why), and has asked if there are any type of books that she could read and perhaps understand a bit more.
Does anyone know of anything that may be able to help? If there is something on a Kindle that would be even better.
Many thanks.
She wants to try and understand why (I have told her the chances are she'll never know why), and has asked if there are any type of books that she could read and perhaps understand a bit more.
Does anyone know of anything that may be able to help? If there is something on a Kindle that would be even better.
Many thanks.
I'd be keen too.
Someone I know told me this morning that they were looking to 'top' (their word!) themselves as she'd been dumped by her long term fella.
Now, how seriously I should have taken it I don't know. Chances are it was just a 'look at meeeee' but whilst I was 95% sure it was only that, cant exactly ignore the remaining 5...
Someone I know told me this morning that they were looking to 'top' (their word!) themselves as she'd been dumped by her long term fella.
Now, how seriously I should have taken it I don't know. Chances are it was just a 'look at meeeee' but whilst I was 95% sure it was only that, cant exactly ignore the remaining 5...
juan king said:
They used to lend them out at the library but stopped, people never seemed to return them
Bdumtish!One of those things were you can't really understand how someone is feeling in the labyrinth of an anguished mind. If someone is determined then they will always find a way, even in secure establishments. My wife's a Community Mental Health Nurse dealing with the elderly and it's her biggest concern if someone recently diagnosed with something nasty even so much as utters the word.
You could try this Kindle at Amazon - http://amzn.to/1uWvTYT
Pot Bellied Fool said:
Bdumtish!One of those things were you can't really understand how someone is feeling in the labyrinth of an anguished mind. If someone is determined then they will always find a way, even in secure establishments. My wife's a Community Mental Health Nurse dealing with the elderly and it's her biggest concern if someone recently diagnosed with something nasty even so much as utters the word.
You could try this Kindle at Amazon - http://amzn.to/1uWvTYT
She got this book and says its really good and insightful.
A life too short. The story of Robert Encke.
A harrowing and deeply sad tale about a professional footballer in Germany who couldn't deal with his depression so killed himself.mit offers a fascinating insight into his mind using family, friends and his diaries to piece together his life.
A harrowing and deeply sad tale about a professional footballer in Germany who couldn't deal with his depression so killed himself.mit offers a fascinating insight into his mind using family, friends and his diaries to piece together his life.
If you want to understand the different reasons on a wider scale why people might commit suicide there's quite a lot of Sociological research conducted in the area. Emile Durkheim was the first to look into over 100 years ago and his book is still quite relevant today. Obviously since then there has been a LOT of follow ups and commentary on his work and conflicting theories so you could probably find a more modern take on it.
It's been a while since I read it (first year of university) but Durkheim's 'Suicide' really could be a good starting point.
It's been a while since I read it (first year of university) but Durkheim's 'Suicide' really could be a good starting point.
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