The Interpersonal-Psychological Theory of Attempted and Completed Suicide
Author | : Paniagua; Black; Gallaway; Coombs |
Publisher | : Author House |
Total Pages | : 90 |
Release | : 2010-09-28 |
ISBN-10 | : 9781452081526 |
ISBN-13 | : 1452081522 |
Rating | : 4/5 (26 Downloads) |
Book excerpt: The Interpersonal-Psychological Theory of Attempted and Completed Suicide was published by Professor Thomas Joiner in 2005. This book is a critique of this theory with emphasis on whether or not it is a new theory of suicide, omissions in the literature Dr. Joiner reviewed to formulate the theory, the theory monumental task to explain the deaths of certain victims of 9/11 as suicides rather than homicides resulting from the al-Qaida terrorists attacks, violations of fundamental assumptions in qualitative and quantitative studies supporting the main tenet of the theory, and the problem of empirically testing core assumptions in the theory.