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Why People Die by Suicide

Thomas Joiner

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ISBN 9780674025493

Publication Date: 09/30/2007

288 pages

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Thomas Joiner is Distinguished Research Professor and Bright-Burton Professor of Psychology at Florida State University.

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At The Daily Beast, read about the worrying rise in the U.S. suicide rate and Thomas Joiner’s research on why it’s happening

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