Night Falls Fast: Understanding Suicide, Paperback
Descriere
From the author of the best-selling memoir An Unquiet Mind, comes the first major book in a quarter century on suicide, and its terrible pull on the young in particular. Night Falls Fast is tragically timely: suicide has become one of the most common killers of Americans between the ages of fifteen and forty-five. An internationally acknowledged authority on depressive illnesses, Dr. Jamison has also known suicide firsthand: after years of struggling with manic-depression, she tried at age twenty-eight to kill herself. Weaving together a historical and scientific exploration of the subject with personal essays on individual suicides, she brings not only her remarkable compassion and literary skill but also all of her knowledge and research to bear on this devastating problem. This is a book that helps us to understand the suicidal mind, to recognize and come to the aid of those at risk, and to comprehend the profound effects on those left behind. It is critical reading for parents, educators, and anyone wanting to understand this tragic epidemic.
Despre autor
Kay Redfield Jamison este o psiholoagă clinică și scriitoare americană. Opera sa se concentrează pe tulburarea bipolară, pe care o are din tinerețe. Deține funcția de profesor Dalio în tulburările de dispoziție și psihiatrie la Școala de Medicină Johns Hopkins și este profesor onorific de limba engleză la Universitatea St Andrews.
