@article{ref1,
title="An essay on loss of self versus escape from self in suicide: illustrative cases from diaries left by those who died by suicide",
journal="Suicidology online",
year="2013",
author="Lester, David",
volume="4",
number="",
pages="16-20",
abstract="Michael Chandler (1994) has described how suicide can result from a loss of a sense of self, while Roy Baumeister (1990) has described how suicide can be an attempt to escape from the self. Their published theories are presented in a very abstract manner, and the present essay presents examples from two individuals who died by suicide who expressed these themes in their diaries. Loss of a sense of self is illustrated by the diary of an 18-year-old, and escape from self is illustrated by the diary of a professor, both of whom died by suicide.  Keywords: Loss of Self, Suicide, Case Study  Copyrights belong to the Author(s). Suicidology Online (SOL) is a peer-reviewed open-access journal publishing under the Creative Commons Licence 3.0.<p /> <p>Language: en</p>",
language="en",
issn="2078-5488",
doi="",
url="http://dx.doi.org/"
}