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Suicide is one of the major causes of violent death in our societies. The fact that adolescents and the elderly are the two population groups with the highest rates of suicide challenges many assumptions of the past regarding human development. By the tim

Ramon Martines de Pison is a Professor in the Faculty of Theology at Saint Paul University (Ottawa, Canada).

Foreword

ix

J. Harold Ellens

Acknowledgments

xvii

Introduction

1

(6)

A Theory of Coping

2

(1)

A Preview of the Book

3

(1)

A Vision for Healing Humans

4

(3)

Chapter I. Life and Death in Shame

7

(16)

The Many Faces of Shame

7

(5)

Shame and Guilt

8

(1)

Healthy Shame, Sick Shame

9

(3)

Integrating Shame into Life

12

(1)

Bypassed Shame

12

(3)

From Shame to Suicide

15

(4)

Shame and Rage

17

(1)

Shame and Hopelessness

18

(1)

Conclusion

19

(4)

Chapter II. Pictures of Shame in Suicide

23

(20)

Alienation from Self, Alienation from Others

24

(4)

Shame and Cognitive Distortions

26

(2)

Hopelessness, Depression, Alcoholism, Suicide

28

(6)

Depression and Suicide

30

(3)

Substance Abuse

33

(1)

Perfectionism, Narcissism, and Self Destruction

34

(5)

Narcissism

36

(3)

Conclusion

39

(4)

Chapter III. Lazarus and Folkman on Stress, Shame, Suicide

43

(14)

Coping with Stress

43

(5)

Culture and the Person

47

(1)

Shame as Personal: Problems in Coping with Suicide

48

(2)

Religion, Shame, Suicide

50

(3)

Conclusion

53

(4)

Chapter IV. Shame and Suicide Survivors

57

(16)

Attempts and Successes in Suicide

58

(1)

Suicide and Bereavement

59

(7)

Survivors and Bereavement

60

(4)

Shame

64

(2)

Suicide and Social Image

66

(3)

Stigma and Shame

68

(1)

Conclusion

69

(4)

Chapter V. Shame as Cause or Consequence of Suicide

73

(12)

Reconciling the Self

74

(2)

Sharing Unspeakable Feelings

76

(2)

Healing Attitudes on Suicide: Culture and Religion

78

(3)

Saying Goodbye

79

(2)

Conclusion

81

(4)

Chapter VI. Empowered by Healing

85

(14)

Suffering: A Common Experience

87

(3)

A Parable of Human and Divine Compassion

90

(4)

To Enter "Alive" into Death

94

(2)

Conclusion

96

(3)

Summary and General Conclusions

99

(4)

Bibliography

103

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