“. . . . suicide might be better understood as a phenomenon centred in the individual. In other words, the motives for suicide can be found in the individual viewed as a unique human being whose personality contains the real reasons for wanting to die. Suicide research is not enough; we must work seated at the suicidal individuals’ bedside, trying our very best to feel what that person feels and how these feelings lead the wish to die.”...
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Well over a century after Durkheim’s major study (‘Suicide’ Durkheim 1897/1951) there is disagreement about the effectiveness of preventive efforts. When this ‘disagreement’ is examined, there are two main reasons:
a)      Suicide’s extreme complexity; and
b)      Suicide’s relative rarity.
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“. . . . suicide might be better understood as a phenomenon centred in the individual. In other words, the motives for suicide can be found in the individual viewed as a unique human being whose personality contains the real reasons for wanting to die. Suicide research is not enough; we must work seated at the suicidal individuals’ bedside, trying our very best to feel what that person feels and how these feelings lead the wish to die.”...
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