Understanding suicide: why we don't and how we might

Understanding Suicide -- Table of Contents -- Introduction -- Introduction -- General Methodological Issues -- Accuracy of Suicidal Classifications -- The Method of Substitute Subjects -- Subject Bias -- Control Groups -- Sample Size -- Validity of Measures -- Ecological and Time-Series Research -- Statistical Significance -- Problems with Literature Searches -- Conclusions -- Part 1: The Disciplines -- Psychological Research Into Suicide -- Psychological Study Of Suicide In The Past: The Philosophical And Theoretical Traditions -- Psychological Research into Suicide in the Present: Pragmatics in Action -- The Future of Psychological Research in Suicidology: Macro Theories, Chaos, and Complexity -- Conclusion -- Psychiatric Research -- Problems with the Psychiatric Diagnostic System -- Difficulties In Conducting Research on Psychiatric Patients -- Twin Studies Of Suicidal Behavior -- Brain Studies -- Suicide And Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder -- Discussion -- The Sociological Study of Suicide -- Durkheim's Theory Of Suicide -- Other Theories -- Minor Theories -- The Study of Non-Fatal Suicidal Behavior -- Discussion -- Anthropology and Suicide -- Culture, Linguistics and Suicide -- Culture and The Individual Suicide -- Cultural Anthropology's Role in Challenging Myths -- Culture Conflict -- Anthropological Theories of Suicide -- Indigenous Groups in Developed Nations -- Cultural Invariance -- The Human Relations Area Files -- Indigenous Theories of Suicide -- Discussion -- Part 2: Illustrative Topics -- Studies of Attitudes Toward Suicide -- Attitudes as a Psychological Construct -- Additional Measurement Issues -- Conclusions -- Studies of Sexual Abuse and Suicidality -- Childhood Sexual Abuse and Suicide -- Discussion -- Assessing Suicidal Risk -- Tier One: Reliability And Validity Based On Aggregate Data.