Suicide in CanadaAntoon A. Leenaars, Susanne Wenckstern, Isaac Sakinofsky, Ron Dyck, Michael J. Kral, Roger Bland University of Toronto Press, 01.01.1998 - 488 Seiten The Canadian National Task Force on Suicide found that suicide rates in Canada, especially among youth, exceed those in other countries around the world, including the United States. Health care professionals and social service providers identify suicide as one of the most important areas in which they need information. Yet, there has been little change in public policies, and support for research is lacking. Compiled by Canada's leading experts on suicide, this collection provides long-awaited information that focuses specifically on Canada. It addresses suicide as a multi-dimensional problem with biological, psychological, cultural, sociological, personal, and philosophical aspects. The contributions integrate both critical analysis and personal experience. There are accounts from Inuit elders, from women who have survived the loss of a family member, and from workers at a crisis line. Among the topics covered are the development of suicide prevention; theory and research; First Nations and Inuit peoples; family, community, and government approaches; distress centres; survivors; and the debate over the right to die. Suicide in Canada does more than simply describe the recent developments in suicidology in Canada - it is a call for action that will save lives. It will be of immediate use to psychiatrists, psychologists, nurses, social workers, crisis workers, and researchers. |
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History | 1 |
Epidemiology and the Canadian Scene | 35 |
Immigrant Suicide in Canada FRANK TROVATO | 85 |
A Societal Comparison | 108 |
Theory and Research | 123 |
Attempted Suicide in Edmonton ROGER C BLAND RONALD J DYCK | 136 |
Personal Variables Stress and Social | 151 |
First Nations and Inuit | 163 |
Youth Suicide Schools and Communities | 273 |
A Progress | 291 |
Cultural Issues SUSANNE WENCKSTERN | 309 |
Distress Centres | 323 |
Crisis Lines Telephone Technology and Confidentiality NEVILLE TWINE | 342 |
Community Ownership of Support in | 353 |
Survivors | 367 |
Reweaving the Web JEANNETTE A AMBROSE | 385 |
Inuit Elders on Suicide MICHAEL J KRAL | 179 |
Suicide among the Inuit of Canada LAURENCE J KIRMAYER CHRISTOPHER | 189 |
Coping with Northern Aboriginal Youths Suicides MAE KATT PEGGY | 212 |
Family Community and Government Approaches | 227 |
Designing a | 242 |
Work in Progress RONALD J DYCK | 256 |
An Experience of Integration | 406 |
The Right to | 423 |
Perspectives on Euthanasia | 441 |
Suicide Euthanasia and Assisted Suicide ANTOON A LEENAARS | 459 |
CONTRIBUTORS | 475 |