...We know, for example, a... «Night Falls Fast: Understanding Suicide»
VeraGru21 марта 2021...We know, for example, a great deal about the underlying conditions that predispose an individual to kill himself—heredity, severe mental illness, an impulsive or violent temperament—and we know, too, that there are some events or circumstances in life that interact in a particularly deadly way with these predisposing vulnerabilities: romantic failures or upheavals; economic and job setbacks; confrontations with the law; terminal or debilitating illnesses; situations that cause great shame, or are perceived as such; the injudicious use of alcohol or drugs. We have much knowledge, as well, about who commits suicide: the most vulnerable age groups and the social backgrounds and gender of those most at risk; and we know, too, about the hows and wheres and whens of suicide: the methods used; the places, times, and seasons chosen. But we are less certain of why people kill themselves. Psychological states, complex motives, and subtle biological differences are difficult enough to ascertain in the living; determining their existence, or the role they may play in those who die by suicide, is something else again...
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