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The Suicidal Mind
Edwin S. Shneidman
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Description for The Suicidal Mind
Paperback. The author provides the language, not only for understanding the suicidal mind, but for understanding oneself and the psychological needs of the suicidal individual. Presenting cases that reveal the inner workings of the suicidal mind, Shneidman offers an insight to help understand and prevent suicide. Num Pages: 208 pages, 4 halftones, 1 line figure. BIC Classification: HP; JHBZ; MMH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 206 x 160 x 10. Weight in Grams: 164.
Suicide haunts our literature and our culture, claiming the lives of ordinary people and celebrities alike. It is now the third leading cause of death for fifteen- to twenty-four-year-olds in the United States, raising alarms across the nation about the rising tide of hopelessness seen in our young people. It is a taboo subtext to our successes and our happiness, a dark issue that is often euphemized, avoided, and little understood. In our century, psychology and psychiatry alike have attempted to understand, prevent, and medicalize these phenomena. But they have failed, argues Dr. Edwin Shneidman, because they have lost sight ... Read more
Suicide haunts our literature and our culture, claiming the lives of ordinary people and celebrities alike. It is now the third leading cause of death for fifteen- to twenty-four-year-olds in the United States, raising alarms across the nation about the rising tide of hopelessness seen in our young people. It is a taboo subtext to our successes and our happiness, a dark issue that is often euphemized, avoided, and little understood. In our century, psychology and psychiatry alike have attempted to understand, prevent, and medicalize these phenomena. But they have failed, argues Dr. Edwin Shneidman, because they have lost sight ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Oxford University Press Inc
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1998
Condition
New
Number of Pages
208
Place of Publication
New York, United States
ISBN
9780195118018
SKU
V9780195118018
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About Edwin S. Shneidman
Edwin S. Shneidman is Professor of Thanatology Emeritus at the University of California at Los Angeles School of Medicine. He is the founder of the American Association of Suicidology, and the author of Voices of Death, Definition of Suicide, and Deaths of Man, which was nominated for a National Book Award.
Reviews for The Suicidal Mind
Fascinating
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