02678nam a22003257a 4500003000400000005001700004008004100021020003000062040005900092100002800151245007500179260006400254300002400318336002100342337002500363338002300388500014500411504005100556505019900607520115400806521001001960541007901970546002002049650003602069650002902105942001202134998002702146999001702173952016202190OSt20251223084720.0251124b        |||||||| |||| 00| 0 eng d  a9781784162368 [newsprint]  aUniversity of Cebu-BaniladcUniversity of Cebu-Banilad  aBering, Jesse,eauthor.  aA very human ending :bhow suicide haunts our species /cJesse Bering.  aGreat Britain :bBlack Swan / Transworld Publisher,cc2018.  a275 pages ;c20 cm.  2rdacontentatext  2rdamediaaunmediated  2rdacarrieravolume  a"A brave and important exploration of a subject we urgently need to demystify. It will change every reader for the better." -- Derren Brown   aIncludes bibliographical references and index.  aContents : 1 The Call to Oblivion -- 2 Unlike the Scorpion Girt by Fire -- 3 Betting Odds -- 4 Hacking the Suicidal Mind -- 5 The Things She Told Lorraine -- 7 What Doesn't Die -- 8 Gray Matter.  a"'I have yet to come away from reading [Bering's] work and not feel considerably better informed than I was minutes before' (Forbes)__________________This penetrating analysis aims to demystify a subject that knows no cultural or demographic boundaries. Why do people want to kill themselves? Despite the prevalence of suicide in the developed world, it's a question most of us fail to ask.

On hearing news of a suicide we are devastated, but overwhelmingly we feel disbelief. In A Very Human Ending, research psychologist Jesse Bering lifts the lid on this taboo subject, examining the suicidal mindset from the inside out to reveal the subtle tricks the mind can play when we're easy emotional prey.

In raising challenging questions Bering tests our contradictory superstitions about the act itself.

Combining cutting-edge research with investigative journalism and first-person testimony, Bering also addresses the history of suicide and its evolutionary inheritance to offer a personal, accessible, yet scientifically sound examination of why we are the only species on earth that deliberately ends its own life." --Provided by the publisher   aAdult  aDonationxLansa, RogelioyGeneral EducationzGeneral Education: Literature  aText in English  aSuicidexPsychological aspects.  aSuicidexSocial aspects.  2ddccBK  cGian [new]d11/24/2025  c14626d14626  00102ddc4070aUCBL_MAINbUCBL_MAINcSUBJ.REFd2025-11-24eDonated by: Ms. Candice Gotianuyl0o362.28 B45 2018p3UCBL000029033r2025-11-24w2025-11-24ySR