Suicide and social justice : new perspectives on the politics of suicide and suicide prevention

Cover
Half Title
Praise
Title Page
Copyright Page
Table of Contents
Acknowledgments
List of Contributors
Introduction
	Volume Overview
	Possibilities for Social Justice or Political Approaches to Suicide
	References
PART I
	Chapter 1: Suicide and Social Justice: Discourse, Politics and Experience
		Introduction
		Approach
		The Formulation of the Relationship between Social Injustice and Suicide
		Conceptualisation of Traditional Bio-Medical, Psychiatric and Psychological Approaches to Suicide within Social Justice Discourse
		Underlying Assumptions
		Possibilities for Thought and Action Opened Up through the Discursive Construction of Suicide as a Question of Social Justice
		Conclusions
		References
	Chapter 2: Shame as Affective Injustice: Qualitative, Sociological Explorations of Self-Harm, Suicide and Socioeconomic Inequalities
		Introduction
		Theorising Shame
		Centring Accounts in the Study of Emotions, Self-Harm and Suicide
		Excavating Shame in Accounts of Self-Harm and Suicide
		Shame, Emotion and Language
		Shame and the “Failure” of Self-Determination
		Conclusion
		Notes
		References
PART II
	Chapter 3: Cultural Continuity and Indigenous Youth Suicide
		Introduction
		Section I
		Section II: Let No Man (sic) Rend Asunder what God has Joined Together
		Self- and Cultural Continuity as Bridges over Troubled Waters
		Section III: Deconstructing the Person–Culture Dichotomy: A Case Study of Indigenous Youth Suicide
		Measuring Self- and Cultural Continuity
		Conclusion
		References
	Chapter 4: Strengthening Borders and Toughening Up on Welfare: Deaths by Suicide in the UK’s Hostile Environment
		Introduction
		Hostile Environments
		Bordering Practices
		Psychocentrism and Psychopolitics
		The Colony as Hostile Environment
		Conclusion
		Notes
		References
	Chapter 5: Suicidal Regimes: Public Policy and the Formation of Vulnerability to Suicide
		Introduction
		(Re)Integrating City and Soul in the Study of Suicide
		Psycho-Structural Distress and the Making of Vulnerability to Suicide
		Mapping Suicide and Poverty
		Access to Firearms
		Mental Health
		Suicide under Conservative Party Control
		Integrating Theory and Practice
		Limits and Conclusion
		Notes
		References
	Chapter 6: Protest Suicide among Muslim Women: A Human Rights Perspective
		Language
		Suicide and Islam
		Women’s Suicidality in Muslim-Majority Communities and Countries: Who, Where, How, and Why
		Discussion
		Being a Woman is not Suicide-Protective
		For Women, Social Integration and Social Regulation Are often Suicide Risk Factors, not Protectors
		Feeling Like a Burden is not a Central Theme in Women’s Suicidality
		Suicidality is not First and Foremost about Mental Illness
		Why a Human Rights Framework Matters in Suicide Theory, Research, and Prevention
		Conclusions
		Notes
		References
	Chapter 7: From Psychocentric Explanations to Social Troubles: Challenging Dominant Discourse on Suicide in Ghana
		The Mental Health Landscape and Suicidal Behaviour in Ghana
		Reasons for Suicide: Existential Crisis or Mental Illness?
		Existential Issues as Social Injustice
		Injustice, Suicide and the Law in Ghana
		Beyond Psychocentric Advocacy to Sociocentric Intervention Schemes
		Civil Society Groups, Advocacy Realignment and Policy Formulation
		Concluding Remarks
		References
PART III
	Chapter 8: I Am a Suicide Waiting to Happen: Reframing Self-Completed Murder and Death
		Introduction: The Social Justice Turn
		The Double Chrysippus
		The Case of Trans
		Trauma beyond Healing: Phonoïc Wounds
		Testimonial
		Conclusion: From Victim-Blaming to Death Wish Counseling
		Notes
		References
	self murder: Poem by Daniel G. Scott
	Chapter 9: It Takes a Village: The Nonprofessional Mental Health Worker Movement
		Introduction
		History of Paraprofessional Movement
		Characteristics of Crisis Centers and Paraprofessionals
		Beyond Crisis Centers: Gatekeeper Approaches
		Effectiveness of Paraprofessionals
		Current and Future Developments
		References
	Chapter 10: Availability and Quality of Mental Healthcare Services for Veterans at Risk for Suicide
		Availability and Quality of Empirically-Supported Treatments for At-Risk Veterans
		Next Steps in Veteran Suicide Prevention
		Conclusions
		Notes
		References
	Chapter 11: Hello Cruel World! Embracing a Collective Ethics for Suicide Prevention
		Mainstream Suicidology and the Search for Purity
		Suicidology and Suicide Prevention Are Conflated
		Suicidology Shapes Ways of Being a Self
		Purism Has its Limits
		Embracing the Mess of Our Embodied Co-Existence
		Others Are Always Involved
		Finding Cracks and Opportunities for Resistance
		Collective Ethics for a Shared Future
		Learning from and with Indigenous Knowledge Systems
		Paying Attention Differently
		References
Index