THINKING ABOUT SUICIDE: CONTEMPLATING AND COMPREHENDING THE URGE TO DIE

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ISBN: 9781906254285

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Author	Webb, David
Pub Date	01/06/2010
Binding	Paperback
Pages	183

Publisher: PCCS BOOKS

Availability: In stock

The aim here is not to attempt any generalisations from individual, personal experience but rather to contribute the author's story to the meagre body of first-person data currently found in suicidology. A second purpose is to use the author's story to draw attention to some serious shortcomings in suicidology.

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The literature of suicidology has studiously ignored those who actually experience suicidal feelings. Webb suggests this is no accident but a very deliberate exclusion of this critically important first-person knowledge. Webb rejects the medical model that claims suicide is caused by some notional mental illness, and discusses the spiritual wisdom that released him from the persistent urge to die