Suicidal : why we kill ourselves / Jesse Bering.
Title:
Suicidal : why we kill ourselves / Jesse Bering.
ISBN:
9780226463322
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Publication Information:
Chicago : The University of Chicago Press, 2018.
Physical Description:
275 pages ; 24 cm
Contents:
The call to oblivion -- Unlike the scorpion girt by fire -- Betting odds -- Hacking the suicidal mind -- The things she told Lorraine -- To log off this mortal coil -- What doesn't die -- Gray matter.
Summary:
In Suicidal, Bering takes us through the science and psychology of suicide, revealing its cognitive secrets and the subtle tricks our minds play on us when we're easy emotional prey. Scientific studies, personal stories, and remarkable cross-species comparisons come together to help readers critically analyze their own doomsday thoughts while gaining broad insight into a problem that, tragically, will most likely touch all of us at some point in our lives. -- Adapted from Amazon.com summary.
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OCLC Number:
on1028880709
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