suicide-the-hidden-side-of-modernity

Suicide: The Hidden Side of Modernity

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EAN 9780745640570

ISBN 0745640575

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Pages 224

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Publisher Polity

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Category Suicide Mental Health

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Suicide: The Hidden Side of Modernity

In this major new study Christian Baudelot and Roger Establet provide a timely and wide-ranging account of the changing nature of suicide in the world today. The suicide rate is soaring in the former Communist bloc, in India and in China, which now has the highest female suicide rate in the world. This rise coincides with those countries accelerated entry into a period of brutal modernization. In the developed countries of the West, suicide rates are rising fastest amongst young men and those social groups that are furthest down the social scale. How can we explain these trends and what do they tell us about modern societies? The social impact of suicide has preoccupied sociologists from Emile Durkheim onwards. For Durkheim, the rising suicide rate was an effect of the rise of modernity and the individualism, growing affluence and increased anomie that accompanied it. Baudelot and Establet draw upon Durkheim and his successor Maurice Halbwachs to argue that classic sociological theories of suicide require some modification. The link between suicide, affluence and individualism is more complex: suicide rates do reflect broad social trends but they are also influenced by the structural position and lived experience of small social groups. The notion of social well-being is demonstrated to be a key factor in changes in suicide rates. Whilst it is well-known that sociology cannot explain why individuals commit suicide, the suicide of individuals and the micro-groups to which they belong can tell us a lot about the societies in which they live.

Suicide Prevention: 0

Category: Suicide Awareness Mental Health

Interesting article on suicide prevention and erasing the stigma associated with mental health problems.

http://www.cnn.com/2015/09/09/health/suicide-prevention-college-campus/

Date : 23 Nov 2016

Created By : Yasmin Kayiran Read More

Suicide Stigmas Need To Stop!: 0

Category: Addiction Alcohol Abuse Suicide Awareness Suicide Prevention

It is so shameful the way that "suicide" victims are always viewed as crazy or drug seeking behaviors. Opposed to writing a story about someone in pain and their struggle, our society loves to point out people's flaws and struggle but never offer suggestions to help

Date : 20 May 2018

Created By : D Read More

looking for advice for helping self harmers: 0

Category: Suicide Awareness

So I have a friend who is suicidal and self harms themselves. I'm not sure how to help them but I know I am the only who can. Its worth noting she is going to therapy but she doesn't want help from them and she doesn't trust her parents anymore and I've heard t

Date : 10 May 2017

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