Suicidal
Why We Kill Ourselves

Positives of this book: it provides some interesting statistics/scenarios that shed more light on the topic. The writing is accessible. My biggest gripe: he went and brought religion into it. Here's my deal - religion IS relevant here. Yes, in more than one religion, at some point in history, suicide......more

Theories abound, but few conclusions are reached in the interesting, but ultimately disappointing, Suicidal: Why We Kill Ourselves. Recently, there has been a spate of celebrity suicides: Kate Spade, Anthony Bourdain and Avicii (Tim Bergling). Despite having an outwardly successful life, these people......more

As an academic librarian with some familiarity with current scholarship on suicide (through both my research assistance and my recreational interest), I unreservedly and enthusiastically recommend this superbly written, scientifically informed, and richly insightful book accessible to a wide and var......more

So, if you see me reading a lot of suicide books, and something happens to me, I was murdered. It wasn't suicide. I'm doing some reading because there was a suicide at my work. Most books fall into the 'memoir' category, and here and there a 'therapy techniques' book. This is the only one I've found t......more

In this perceptive, sensitive study, Jesse Bering looks at suicide from all angles. He asks the philosophical and ethical questions surrounding it. He looks at it psychologically, from the mental health perspective. He examines the sociological and religious factors that impinge on suicide. He consi......more