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Suicide Prevention: Kay Redfield Jamison, Samaritans, Norman Farberow, Assessment of Suicide Risk, Out of the Darkness, Suicide Intervention
Paperback. Books LLC 2010-09-15.
ISBN 9781155600024
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Publisher description
Chapters: Kay Redfield Jamison, Samaritans, Norman Farberow, Assessment of Suicide Risk, Out of the Darkness, Suicide Intervention, Crisis Hotline, the Trevor Project, Volunteer Emotional Support Helplines, Jen Dugan, Second Wind Fund, Suicide Prevention Action Network Usa, Edwin S. Shneidman, Suicide Crisis, Suicide Watch, National Suicide Prevention Lifeline, Maytree, Luminous Veil, Befrienders Worldwide, Livingworks, Dublin Samaritans, Anti-Suicide Smock, International Association for Suicide Prevention, Sad Persons Scale, Stand-Up to Stop Suicide, Anti-Suicide Blanket, World Suicide Prevention Day, Center for the Treatment and Prevention of Suicide, the Kristin Brooks Hope Center. Source: Wikipedia. Pages: 119. Not illustrated. Free updates online. Purchase includes a free trial membership in the publisher's book club where you can select from more than a million books without charge. Excerpt: Dr. Norman L. Farberow (born February 12, 1918), an American psychologist, is one of the founding fathers of modern suicidology. September 2008 marked his fiftieth year of pioneering contributions to suicide research, treatment, and prevention. Farberow served as a World War II Air Force Captain during a time of relatively low suicide rates, a wartime statistic commonly observed when a nations armed forces and citizens unite under feelings of common purpose and mutual goals. After completing his tour of duty, Farberow enrolled in the University of California, Los Angeles. UCLAs doctoral program in psychology afforded Farberow a unique opportunity to study the phenomenon of suicide against a backdrop of centuries of shifting attitudes. With few relevant references to draw upon for his 1949 dissertation, Farberow saw the potential for reawakening interest in a long-neglected, taboo-encrusted social and personal phenomenon. Farberow obtained his doctoral degree from UCLA in 1950 while working with veterans in the Veterans Administra...More: http://booksllc.net/?id=21026379
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