Understanding Suicide's Allure

Stanley Krippner, PhD, is a member of the American Association of Suicidology and the International Society for the Study of Trauma and Dissociation. Linda Riebel, PhD, is on the faculty of Saybrook University and conducted a psychotherapy practice in San Francisco and Berkeley for 25 years, specializing in eating disorders, anxiety, and depression. Debbie Joffe Ellis, PhD, is on the adjunct faculty at Columbia University Teachers College. Daryl S. Paulson, PhD, is a decorated Vietnam combat veteran, a counselor specializing in trauma-associated disorders, and president/CEO of BioScience Laboratories, Inc.

Foreword Acknowledgments To the Reader When the Crisis Is Global: Coronavirus and PTSD Section I The Allure of Suicide Chapter 1 Who Is Attracted by the Allure of Suicide? Chapter 2 Suicide Is Complicated Chapter 3 The Pioneer of Suicidology and What He Found Chapter 4 Suicide among Minorities Chapter 5 The Most Beautiful Alluring Demon I Have Ever Known Those Who Survived: William Styron Chapter 6 Dreams, Nightmares, and Suicide Chapter 7 Mental Illness and Suicide Chapter 8 Teenage Suicides Chapter 9 Physician-Assisted Suicide Those Who Survived: Colin Wilson Section II Suicide in the Military Chapter 10 Daryl Paulson's Story Chapter 11 Hard-Earned Insights from Combat Experience Chapter 12 The Parking Lot Suicides Chapter 13 An Integrative Treatment of PTSD Those Who Survived: Jimmy Stewart Section III Sexual Assault and Suicide Chapter 14 Two Cases of Sexual Assault Chapter 15 Sexual Assault Can Lead to Suicide Chapter 16 Sexual Assault in Churches and Faith Groups Chapter 17 Sexual Assault in the Military Section IV Bullying Chapter 18 How Bruno Was Bullied to Death Chapter 19 Bullying and the Vulnerable Chapter 20 Bullies, Victims, and Bystanders Chapter 21 Preventing Bullying Section V Depression, Anxiety, and PTSD Chapter 22 The Three Dangers Chapter 23 Treating Depression Chapter 24 Deconstructing Anxiety: A New Way of Dealing with Suicidality Chapter 25 Evaluating Treatments for PTSD Those Who Survived: Bobby Grey Section VI Other Groups at Risk Chapter 26 Suicide on the Land: The Farmer's Dilemma Chapter 27 Spirit Sickness and Soul Loss Chapter 28 Suicide among Indigenous Peoples Chapter 29 Children, the Elderly, and the Sleep-Deprived Section VII How Professionals Understand Suicide Chapter 30 Two Views of Suicide from Evolutionary Psychology Chapter 31 Suicide as a Public Health Issue Chapter 32 The Archetypes of Suicide Chapter 33 Why Mythology Is Personal Chapter 34 The Psychophysiology of Suicide Chapter 35 The Rational Emotive Approach to Suicidal Thoughts Chapter 36 Beyond the Personal Self: Transpersonal Models Chapter 37 Systems Approaches to Understanding Suicide Those Who Survived: Marla Section VIII Prevention Chapter 38 Preventing Suicide Chapter 39 REBT and Suicide Prevention Chapter 40 Resilience Training and Suicide Prevention: Did It Work? Chapter 41 Skills for Self-Regulation Chapter 42 Building a Better Teenage Brain Chapter 43 Preventing Suicide behind Bars Chapter 44 Spirituality as a Path away from Suicide Those Who Survived: The Sister Who Lived Section IX Healing Chapter 45 Achieving Self-Empowerment Chapter 46 Deal with PTSD Nightmares First Chapter 47 Nightmare Dream Revision and Lucid Dreaming Chapter 48 Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing Chapter 49 Narrative Exposure Therapy Chapter 50 Time Perspective Therapy Chapter 51 How TPT Saved Jamie from PTSD Chapter 52 Nature's Gift Chapter 53 Psychedelics Old and New Chapter 54 Vine of the Spirits Those Who Survived: Saved by the Vine Section X Turning the Tide Chapter 55 Turning the Tide Index