The Evolution of Suicide

The Evolution of Suicide by C A Soper.

This thought-provoking volume offers a distinctly human evolutionary analysis of a distinctly human phenomenon: suicide. Its ‘pain and brain’ model posits animal adaptations as the motivator for suicidal escape, and specific human cognitive adaptations as supplying the means , while also providing a...

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Main Author: Soper, C A. (Author)
Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Springer, 2018.
Edition:1st ed. 2018.
Series:Evolutionary Psychology,
Springer eBook Collection.
Subjects:
Psychology—Methodology.
Psychological measurement.
Electronic resources (E-books)
Online Access:Click to view e-book
Holy Cross Note:Loaded electronically.
Electronic access restricted to members of the Holy Cross Community.
Table of Contents:
  • Introduction
  • Reviewing the options: Noise, adaptation, by-product
  • Suicide as a by-product of pain and human cognition
  • Shiltons: Lat-line, anti-suicide defenses
  • Common mental disorders (CMDS) as Shiltons
  • Pain-type Krols: Frontline anti-suicide mechanisms
  • Brain-type Krols: Restricting access to suicide idea
  • Summary, conclusion, implications.

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