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Author: Thomas Joiner
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan
Imprint: Palgrave Macmillan
Dimensions:
Width: 16.20cm
, Height: 2.20cm
, Length: 24.20cm
Weight: 0.449kg
ISBN: 9780230104433
ISBN 10: 0230104436
Pages: 272
Publication Date: 03 November 2011
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Format: Hardback
Publisher's Status: Active
Availability: In Print
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Reviews
Thomas Joiner has written an important and insightful book about the vulnerability of aging men to isolation and loneliness - an enormously important and largely ignored problem that propels them in significant numbers to depression and suicide. This well documented, articulate book will help men and those who love them recognize the symptoms of male depression. This book will undoubtedly help save men's lives. Marianne Legato, MD, author of Why Men Die First An effective exploration of why many men succumb to loneliness and the ways to assuage the condition. Kirkus Reviews
'Thomas Joiner has written an important and insightful book about the vulnerability of aging men to isolation and loneliness - an enormously important and largely ignored problem that propels them in significant numbers to depression and suicide. This well documented, articulate book will help men and those who love them recognize the symptoms of male depression. This book will undoubtedly help save men's lives.' - Marianne Legato, MD, author of Why Men Die First An effective exploration of why many men succumb to loneliness and the ways to assuage the condition. -- Kirkus Reviews
Thomas Joiner has written an important and insightful book about the vulnerability of aging men to isolation and loneliness - an enormously important and largely ignored problem that propels them in significant numbers to depression and suicide. This well documented, articulate book will help men and those who love them recognize the symptoms of male depression. This book will undoubtedly help save men's lives. --Marianne Legato, MD, author of Why Men Die First Thomas Joiner has written an important and insightful book about the vulnerability of aging men to isolation and loneliness - an enormously important and largely ignored problem that propels them in significant numbers to depression and suicide. This well documented, articulate book will help men and those who love them recognize the symptoms of male depression. This book will undoubtedly help save men's lives. --Marianne Legato, MD, author of Why Men Die First An effective exploration of why many men succumb to loneliness and the ways to assuage the condition. --Kirkus Reviews Thomas Joiner has written an important and insightful book about the vulnerability of aging men to isolation and loneliness - an enormously important and largely ignored problem that propels them in significant numbers to depression and suicide. This well documented, articulate book will help men and those who love them recognize the symptoms of male depression. This book will undoubtedly help save men's lives. Marianne Legato, MD, author of Why Men Die First An effective exploration of why many men succumb to loneliness and the ways to assuage the condition. Kirkus Reviews 'Thomas Joiner has written an important and insightful book about the vulnerability of aging men to isolation and loneliness - an enormously important and largely ignored problem that propels them in significant numbers to depression and suicide. This well documented, articulate book will help men and those who love them recognize the symptoms of male depression. This book will undoubtedly help save men's lives.' - Marianne Legato, MD, author of Why Men Die First An effective exploration of why many men succumb to loneliness and the ways to assuage the condition. -- Kirkus Reviews
'Thomas Joiner has written an important and insightful book about the vulnerability of aging men to isolation and loneliness - an enormously important and largely ignored problem that propels them in significant numbers to depression and suicide. This well documented, articulate book will help men and those who love them recognize the symptoms of male depression. This book will undoubtedly help save men's lives.' - Marianne Legato, MD, author of Why Men Die First <p> An effective exploration of why many men succumb to loneliness and the ways to assuage the condition. -- Kirkus Reviews
Author Information
Recognized expert in men's health, Thomas Joiner, PhD,is The Robert O. Lawton Distinguished Professor of Psychology at Florida State University. He is an advisor to Men's Health magazineand isprincipal investigator of the Department of Defense-funded Military Suicide Research Consortium, an $18.1 dollar project on how to lower suicide rates in the military. Recipient of fellowships from the Guggenheim and the Rockefeller Foundation, he has made numerous radio, print, and television appearances, including The Wall Street Journal, National Public Radio, andDr. Phil. He lives in Tallahassee, FL.
