LEADER 04119nam 2200685Ia 450 001 9910807419603321 005 20240416201238.0 010 $a1-282-86726-1 010 $a9786612867262 010 $a0-7735-7682-7 024 7 $a10.1515/9780773576827 035 $a(CKB)2560000000056059 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000442011 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11285271 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000442011 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10446077 035 $a(PQKB)11598588 035 $a(CEL)432986 035 $a(CaBNvSL)slc00225571 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL3332140 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10559091 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL286726 035 $a(OCoLC)923235255 035 $a(VaAlCD)20.500.12592/z9j6d4 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC3332140 035 $a(DE-B1597)655442 035 $a(DE-B1597)9780773576827 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC3271163 035 $a(EXLCZ)992560000000056059 100 $a20091029d2009 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aurcn||||||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 12$aA sadly troubled history $ethe meanings of suicide in the modern age /$fJohn C. Weaver 205 $a1st ed. 210 $aMontreal ;$aIthaca $cMcGill-Queen's University Press$dc2009 215 $a1 electronic text (xvi, 447 p. : ill.) $cdigital file 225 1 $aMcGill-Queen's/Associated Medical Services studies in the history of medicine, health, and society ;$v33 311 $a0-7735-3513-6 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 327 $aSuicide as a gauge for the times : the nineteenth century -- Epistemic communities and the suicide problem : the twentieth century -- Bearings on a temporal compass : rates, seasons, cohorts, and motives -- Work and troubles : men and motives -- Sorrows and burdens : women and motives -- What becomes of the broken-hearted? : intentions, decisions, and acts -- Managing mental crises : psychiatry and suicidal patients. 330 $aMore people die by suicide each year than by homicide, wars, and terrorist attacks combined. Witnesses and survivors are left perplexed and troubled. Doctors, clinical psychologists, and social workers try to deal with it through their professional routines; sociologists and psychiatrists attempt to provide theoretical explanations of it. In a study of nearly 7000 suicides from 1900 to 1950 in New Zealand and Queensland, Australia, John Weaver documents the challenges that ordinary people experienced during turbulent times and, using witnesses' testimony, death bed statements, and suicide notes, reconstructs individuals' thoughts as they decide whether to endure their suffering. Bridging social and medical history, Weaver presents an intellectual and political history of suicide studies, a revealing construction and deconstruction of suicide rates, a discussion of gender, life stages, and socio-economic circumstances in relation to suicide patterns, reflections on reasoning processes and intent, and society's reactions to suicide, including medical intervention. A Sadly Troubled History marshals thousands of suicide inquests, replete with observations on the anxieties of unemployment, the heartbreak of romantic disappointment, the pain of domestic turmoil, and the torments of mental illness, to demonstrate that history - although, like biochemistry, sociology, psychology, and psychiatry, reliant on remarkable yet imperfect information - can contribute to a better understanding of the suicidal act and its motives. 410 0$aMcGill-Queen's/Associated Medical Services studies in the history of medicine, health, and society ;$v33. 606 $aSuicide$zAustralia$zQueensland$xHistory 606 $aSuicide$zNew Zealand$xHistory 606 $aSuicide 615 0$aSuicide$xHistory. 615 0$aSuicide$xHistory. 615 0$aSuicide. 676 $a362.28/0993 700 $aWeaver$b John C$01605785 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910807419603321 996 $aA sadly troubled history$93931223 997 $aUNINA