Night Falls Fast: Understanding Suicide

This is my first reading on suicide topic as I am working on body of knowledge of youth suicide in South India. By the time I finished reading it, I was so glad that I picked this one to start my work with. Not only the knowledge provided in this book are very extensive and comprehensive but also it was able to connect with many research that had been done in the past to support the current situation of suicide's stands related to various things such as the effect of different medications on people with mood disorders that might or might not associate with having suicidal thoughts, the ramification of suicide in different countries like when it was criminalized and decriminalized, existing suicide preventions approach and its effectiveness, etc. As someone without any psychological nor mental health's background, and came from international relations and political science' background and works for many years on policy research and communication as well as advocacy, this book had done a tremendous work to help me coming with a better understanding to approach youth suicide in South India from public policy perspective. In addition to that, the author also provides extensive list of references for each chapter that will be extremely useful for those who wants to do further readings and research on particular topics around suicide.

I chose the book for an academic review and did not find it complete. As a literary work, it is good particularly the concluding chapter. One can feel the deep pain and revelation associated with the effort. There are sections which I feel I will revisit in the future. I would have enjoyed the matter if she would have decreased the number of quotes from victim records.

One of the most important books on the subject. It addresses the suicide issue from many perspectives and, ultimately, offers understanding.

Makes a very recommendable reading. Scientific explanations are paired with samples and historical cases. Appendix provides a list of addresses for further information and contacts. Interesting, clarifying and engaging.

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This is an extremely comprehensive study of suicide. Absolutely every facet is covered. I read the whole thing, cover to cover, but you can pick and choose the areas you're interested in.

"Night Falls Fast" by Kay R. Jamison contains various aspects of suicide in a wide range, from humanity to the latest brain science. Also, essays on suicide by the author are full of English literature flavor, telling us how sad suicide is. As a specialist book and as a literature work, I recommend "Night Falls Fast", which gives us a deep insight on suicide.