Life under Pressure: The Social Roots of Youth Suicide and What to Do About Them - Hardcover

Mueller, Anna S.; Abrutyn, Seth

 
9780190847845: Life under Pressure: The Social Roots of Youth Suicide and What to Do About Them
Hardcover
ISBN 10: 0190847840 ISBN 13: 9780190847845
Publisher: OUP USA, 2024

Synopsis

A rare study that transforms our understanding of why youth die by suicide, why youth suicide clusters happen, and how to stop them

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About the Author

Anna S. Mueller is Luther Dana Waterman Associate Professor in the Department of Sociology at Indiana University Bloomington. She is a leading expert on youth suicide and suicide prevention in schools, and her work has helped families, schools, and communities understand how social environments generate risk of suicide and why youth suicide clusters emerge and persist. Her work on youth suicide has received numerous awards for its contributions to knowledge, including the Edwin Shneidman Early Career Award from the American Association of Suicidology. In 2020, she was named one of Science News's "Top 10 Early Career Scientists to Watch."

Seth Abrutyn is Associate Professor of Sociology at the University of British Columbia. Abrutyn specializes in youth suicide and is also a general sociologist whose research rests at the intersection of mental health, emotions, social psychology, and culture, and which has won several national awards. His overarching goals as a social scientist

are to merge sociological theory with the public imagination in hopes of making accessible sociological tools in the service of solving social problems.

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Publisher
OUP USA
Publication date
2024
Language
English
ISBN 10 
0190847840
ISBN 13 
9780190847845
Binding
Hardcover
Number of pages
264