Luis H Zayas

Latinas Attempting Suicide

When Cultures, Families, and Daughters Collide

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

This book presents the anatomy of experiences before, during, and after suicide attempts and suggests new ways of understanding them. More importantly, it offers researchers and clinicians a model for understanding and working with young Latinas and their families in a compassionate, culturally sensitive manner.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Sydney University Press
• Seitenzahl: 240
• Erscheinungstermin: 1. Januar 2013
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 234mm x 156mm x 13mm
• Gewicht: 336g
• ISBN-13: 9780199977901
• ISBN-10: 0199977909
• Artikelnr.: 47866073

Autorenporträt

Luis H. Zayas, PhD, is Dean and Centennial Professor for Leadership at the School of Social Work, University of Texas at Austin.

Inhaltsangabe

Preface
1. First, the Family
2. A Brief History
3. Contexts of Development
4. Daughters, Familism, and Adulthood
5. New Findings
6. Anatomy of the Suicide Attempt
7. Explanations
8. Saving Young Latinas
Epilogue
Acknowledgments
Credits
Notes
References
Index