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Guam, the Brown Tree Snake Invasion, and Suicide Prevention

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  23 February 2012

Robert F. Morgan
Robert F. Morgan*
Affiliation:
JCU Singapore, James Cook University, Australia. morganfoundation@earthlink.net
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*address for correspondence: Robert F. Morgan, CU Singapore, James Cook University, 600 Upper Thomson Road, Singapore 574421.
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Abstract

A sample of vignettes from past and present psychological applications in tropical Guam with an assist from contemporary Singapore. An emphasis on cultural adaptation to an invasion of brown tree snakes is followed by antidotes to teen suicide subsequent a high profile suicidal event. A chaos theory perspective is suggested.

Keywords

GuamSingaporesuicidepreventionbrown tree snakeinvasionadaptationchaos theorybutterfly effectbee moth effectiatrogenic
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Information
Journal of Tropical Psychology , Volume 1 , Issue 1 , 01 March 2011 , pp. 11 - 14
Copyright
Copyright © Cambridge University Press 2011

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