Suicide in Canada / / ed. by Antoon Leenaars, Isaac Sakinofsky, Susanne Wenckstern, Ron Dyck, Michael Kral, Roger Bland.

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 t...

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Superior document:Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter University of Toronto Press eBook-Package Archive 1933-1999
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Place / Publishing House:Toronto : : University of Toronto Press, , [2016]
©1998
Year of Publication:2016
Language:English
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Physical Description:1 online resource (624 p.)
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Other title:Frontmatter --
Contents --
Foreword --
Preface --
Part I: History --
1. History: Vignettes of the Development in Suicide Prevention --
Part II: Epidemiology and the Canadian Scene --
2. The Epidemiology of Suicide in Canada --
3. Epidemiology of Suicide, Parasuicide, and Suicidal Ideation in Quebec --
4. Immigrant Suicide in Canada --
5. Suicide in Canada and the United States: A Societal Comparison --
Part III: Theory and Research --
6. Pain, Depression, and Suicide --
7. Attempted Suicide in Edmonton --
8. Correlates of Suicidal Ideation: Personal Variables, Stress, and Social Support --
Part IV: First Nations and Inuit --
9. Suicide in First Nations People --
10. Stories of Distress and Healing: Inuit Elders on Suicide --
11. Suicide among the Inuit of Canada --
12. Coping with Northern Aboriginal Youths’ Suicides --
Part V: Family, Community, and Government Approaches --
13. Suicide and the Family in Canada --
14. Suicide Prevention in Rural Communities: ‘Designing a Way Forward’ --
15. Suicide Prevention in Canada: Work in Progress --
Part VI: Youth Suicide, Schools, and Communities --
16. Comprehensive Youth Suicide Prevention: A Model for Understanding --
17. Youth Suicide Prevention in Schools and Community: A Progress Report --
18. Suicide Postvention: Cultural Issues --
Part VII: Distress Centres --
19. Crisis Intervention: Distress-Centre Model --
20. Crisis Lines, Telephone Technology, and Confidentiality --
21. Kamatsiaqtut, Baffin Crisis Line: Community Ownership of Support in a Small Town --
Part VIII: Survivors --
22. My Story: Thoughts of a Survivor --
23. ‘I Can’t Hear the Music’ --
24. After Suicide: Reweaving the Web --
25. Women as Survivors of Suicide: An Experience of Integration --
Part IX: The Right to Die --
26. A Coroner’s View Regarding the ‘Right to Die’ Debate --
27. The Right to Die and the Right to Live: Perspectives on Euthanasia and Assisted Suicide --
28. Suicide, Euthanasia, and Assisted Suicide --
Contributors --
Index
Summary: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.
Format:Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web.
ISBN:9781442680258
9783110490947
DOI:10.3138/9781442680258
Access:restricted access
Hierarchical level:Monograph
Statement of Responsibility: ed. by Antoon Leenaars, Isaac Sakinofsky, Susanne Wenckstern, Ron Dyck, Michael Kral, Roger Bland.