Suicide by Self-Immolation: Biopsychosocial and Transcultural Aspects
Intro -- Foreword -- Contents -- Transcultural Aspects of Suicide by Self-Immolation -- 1 Introduction -- 2 Historical, Religious and Sociopolitical Antecedents of Self-Immolation -- 3 Psychosocial Determinants of Self-Immolation -- 4 Psychodynamic and Socioenvironmental Formulations of Self-Immolation -- 5 The Skin, Haptics, Proxemics, Attachment and Epigenetics -- 6 Culture Specific Aspects of Self-Immolation -- 6.1 The Role of Gender and Violence Against Women -- 7 Recommendations and Prevention -- 8 Conclusions -- References -- Suicide by Self-Immolation: Historical Overview -- 1 Introduction -- 2 The Historic Symbolism of Fire -- 3 Immolation as a Traditional Indo-European Custom -- 4 Emergence of Psychiatry and Early Works on Suicide -- 5 Suicide by Burning and Fear of an Epidemic -- 6 Self-Immolation as a Burning Message -- 6.1 The Immolation of Thích Quảng Đức in 1963 -- 7 Self-Immolations Since 1963 -- 8 Self-Immolation and Contemporary Medical Challenges -- 9 Conclusion -- References -- Self-Immolation in Iran -- 1 Introduction -- 2 Demographic Characteristics of Self-Immolators in Iran -- 2.1 Age -- 2.2 Gender -- 2.3 Urban and Rural Areas -- 2.4 Marital Status and Occupation -- 2.5 Education -- 2.6 Mortality Rate -- 2.7 Comparison with Other Suicide Means -- 3 Stressors -- 4 Motivations for Self-Immolation -- 5 Psychological Characteristics of Self-Immolations -- 6 Psychiatric Diagnoses of Self-Immolators -- 7 Socio-Cultural Factors and Self-Immolation -- 8 Conclusion -- References -- Self-Immolation in Afghanistan -- 1 Introduction -- 2 Country Profile and History of Afghanistan -- 3 Honoring Fire in Literature, Religion and Oral Traditions in Afghanistan -- 4 From Honor Killings to Self-Immolation: A Crisis of Women's Rights in Afghanistan -- 5 Mental Health Services, Suicide and Mental Disorders in Afghanistan.