Understanding Suicide in the United States

By integrating sociological psychological and biological perspectives this book aims to demystify and destigmatize a challenging and taboo topic suicide. It weaves current theories and statistics on suicide into a larger message of how suicide can affect almost anyone and how urgent prevention needs are. Written in an accessible manner it assumes no pre-existing knowledge of suicide. The broad nontechnical overview will appeal to general readers and a wide range of disciplines including politics and policy biology psychology sociology and psychiatry. It concludes on a positive note focused on recovery resilience and hope. It considers not only how these factors may play a role in suicide prevention but how despite persistent suicide rates we can proceed optimistically and take concrete action to support loved ones or promote suicide prevention efforts.