Perspectives on a Young Woman's Suicide : A Study of a Diary (Hardcover)

Contributors 1. Introduction David Lester & John F. Gunn III 2. Who is Katie? David Lester 3. Katie’s Diary: The First Month Katie Commentaries 4. The Complexity of Suicide: Exploring Katie’s Diary through a Bioecological Lens John F. Gunn III 5. Katie from the Perspective of the Interpersonal Theory of Suicide David Lester 6. Using the Three-Step Theory of Suicide to Understand Katie’s Desire for Suicide E. David Klonsky and Oscar F. Cetnarowski 7. Understanding Katie’s Experiences from The Perspective of the Integrated Motivation Volitional Model of Suicidal Behavior Tiago C. Zortea and Rory C. O’Connor 8. Katie’s Implicit Life Plan for the End of Summer: How Implicit Prospection May Influence the Course of Events Dmitri I. Shustov, Olga D. Tuchina and Anastasia Borodkina 9. What is the Meaning Katie? Katie’s Diaries Read through a Meaning-making Lens Birthe Loa Knizek and Heidi Hjelmeland 10. A Safe Place for Katie: A Gestalt Therapy Perspective on her Suicidal Experience Karolina Krysinska, Jan Roubal,and Dave Mann 11. Writing to Remain: Two Diaries from Young Women Who Wrote to Survive Linda Collins 12. Why Are We So Bad at Preventing Suicide? Donna Holland Barnes Conclusions 13. From the Ashes of Suicide: A Life Repurposed Katie’s Sister 14. What Happened During Katie’s Last Few Days: Mark’s Account 15. Why Did Katie Die by Suicide? David Lester and John F. Gunn, III