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American Suicide: A Psycocultural Exploration by Howard Kushner

Every country seems to have its own unique quirks as it relates to suicide. Some have higher rates and some lower, but more than that, each culture views suicide just a bit differently. American Suicide: A Psychocultural Exploration (originally printed under the title, Self-Destruction in the Promised Land: A Psychocultural Biology of American Suicide) walks through the changing American beliefs about suicide and how they related to other beliefs across time.

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