The Study of Suicide
Episode 52: The Science Behind Suicide focuses on some of the important theoretical and empirical findings that form our understanding of suicide. You might think that suicide, a human response to great psychological stress, recorded even in ancient literature, has long been studied by mental health professionals. This actually is not true. Psychiatry and clinical psychology long neglected this topic. As with the general public, the discussion of suicide was largely avoided, even in professional circles. Enter …
