18 The Final Words of a Suicide

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter I
2. Contents V
3. Preface XI
4. 1 The Study of Personal Documents by Those Who Died by Suicide 1
5. 2 The Use of Computer Programs for Analyzing Suicide Texts 9
6. Part I: The Study of Diaries
7. 3 Katie’s Diary 16
8. 4 Cesare Pavese 32
9. 5 Arthur Inman 42
10. 6 Jim’s Diary 53
11. 7 A Suicide in Academia 61
12. 8 The Diary of Kenneth Williams 70
13. 9 Wallace Baker 73
14. 10 Bobby Sands 75
15. Part II: Studies of Suicide Notes
16. 11 The Study of Genuine and Simulated Notes 78
17. 12 Suicide Notes From Attempted and Completed Suicides 90
18. 13 Differences by Gender, Age and Other Variables 94
19. 14 Protest Suicide in Korean Students and Laborers 105
20. Part III: Studies Of Other Written Materials
21. 15 Studies of Poems 110
22. 16 Studies of Letters 121
23. 17 A Blog From a Murder-Suicide 129
24. 18 The Final Words of a Suicide 131
25. 19 Twitter Postings in the 24 Hours Prior to Suicide 135
26. 20 Interviews With Attempted Suicides 140
27. 21 Bereavement After Suicide: a Study of Memorials on the Internet 145
28. 22 Conclusions: What Have We Learned? 149
29. References 156
30. Senior Author Index 163
31. Subject Index 166