Critical Suicidology

Download or read book Critical Suicidology written by Jennifer White and published by UBC Press. This book was released on 2015-12-02 with total page 272 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In Critical Suicidology, a team of international scholars, practitioners, and people directly affected by suicide argue that the field of suicidology has become too focused on the biomedical paradigm: a model that pathologizes distress and obscures the social, political, and historical contexts that contribute to human suffering. The authors take a critical look at existing research, introduce the perspectives of those who have direct personal knowledge of suicide and suicidal behaviour, and propose alternative approaches that are creative and culturally sensitive. In the right hands, this book could save lives.