DYING TO PLEASE YOU
$32.95| ISBN-13: | 9781926886466 | Format: | Paperback |
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| Subject: | Indigenous | Publisher: | Theytus Books |
| Published: | April 30th 2017 | Pages: | 320 |
Book Description
Dying to Please You is a ground-breaking paradigm-shifting book. It compels readers to rethink the definition of suicide, homicide, and treatment, as well as to grasp the political – and primary – cause of indigenous suicide, rather than be distracted by psychiatric explanations. Moreover, Dying to Please You provides a clear alternative – albeit, a politically difficult one – as to how best to transform this ongoing tragedy. The authors make a convincing case that “the ‘proper treatment’ for the “Indian Suicide Problem” isn’t to send cheerleaders into our communities; it is the elimination of the system that is destroying our lives.” – Bruce E. Levine, Ph.D., clinical psychologist and author of Commonsense Rebellion (2001), Surviving America’s Depression Epidemic (2007), and Get Up, Stand Up (2011).
About the Author
Roland D. Chrisjohn, Ph.D. is Onyota’a:ka of the Haudenausaunee. He received his doctorate in Psychology (Personality, Individual Differences and Measurement) from the University of Western Ontario in 1981. He worked in direct crisis intervention services (suicidology) to Native people for 6 years during the 1980’s. Currently he is an associate professor in Native Studies and lives in Lower Jemseg, New Brunswick. This is his second book for Theytus. Shaunessy M. McKay is a Mi’kmaq of Eel Ground First Nation. She is currently getting by as best she can: raising her son, Tyler, and working with Roland on their forthcoming book on the Canadian form of racism. Andrea Odessa Smith, M.Sc., ABD is currently completing her doctorate in Healthy Policy at McMaster University in Hamilton, Ontario.