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Life under pressure the social roots of youth suicide and what to do about them

"During her junior year at Poplar Grove High School, Aria found herself sliding into a worsening depression. She had what she described as the perfect life, including fabulous vacations, her dream car, and more importantly, a big loving family, close friends, and a boyfriend she adored, but daily li...

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Main Authors: Mueller, Anna S. (Author), Abrutyn, Seth (Author)
Format: Books Print Book
Language:English
Published: New York, NY : Oxford University Press, [2024]
Subjects:
Youth > Suicidal behavior > United States.
Teenagers > Suicidal behavior > United States.
Suicide > Prevention.
Youth > Mental health > United States.
Teenagers > Mental health > United States.
Youth > Mental health services > United States.
Teenagers > Mental health services > United States.
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Summary:"During her junior year at Poplar Grove High School, Aria found herself sliding into a worsening depression. She had what she described as the perfect life, including fabulous vacations, her dream car, and more importantly, a big loving family, close friends, and a boyfriend she adored, but daily life had become unbearable. Though she knew how badly her suicide would hurt everyone around her, her psychological pain ultimately overwhelmed her. Aria ended her life twelve days after she started her journal, excerpted with her parents' permission, above"--
Physical Description:xii, 250 pages : map ; 24 cm
Bibliography:Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:9780190847845
0190847840
Author Notes: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 scientistare 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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