Table of Contents	14
	Foreword	10
	Preface	12
	1. Suicide Research and Prevention: The Importance of Culture in ‘‘Biological Times	18
	2.Culture, Cultural Meaning(s), and Suicide	40
	3.The Cultural Meaning of Suicide: What Does This Mean?	62
	4. Culture and Suicide	74
	5. Cultural Meaning(s) of Suicide: A Cross-Cultural Study	108
	6.Cross-Cultural Research on Suicidality: An Example and a Critique	212
	7. Sati	232
	8.Cultural Ambivalence and Suicide Rates in South Korea	252
	9.Concluding Thoughts	280