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Lifelines
. Ed(S): Bassuk, Ellen L.; Schoonover, Stephen C.; Gill, Andrew
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Description for Lifelines
Paperback. Editor(s): Bassuk, Ellen L.; Schoonover, Stephen C.; Gill, Andrew. Num Pages: 252 pages, biography. BIC Classification: MBN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 13. Weight in Grams: 374.
Suicide is a source of endless disquiet. One of the few fatal consequences of psychiatric illness, it is a threat to patients, and a vexation to therapists that puts clinical judgment to the ultimate test. It arouses countertransference reactions of unusual intensity-helplessness and guilt when the suicide is successful; anxiety and anger when it is used as a manipulative tool. For as Samuel Johnson was aware when he com mented that many "commit suicide, as a passionate man will stab an other," it is not only an escape from hopeless despair but an expression of the most violent rage. To ... Read more
Suicide is a source of endless disquiet. One of the few fatal consequences of psychiatric illness, it is a threat to patients, and a vexation to therapists that puts clinical judgment to the ultimate test. It arouses countertransference reactions of unusual intensity-helplessness and guilt when the suicide is successful; anxiety and anger when it is used as a manipulative tool. For as Samuel Johnson was aware when he com mented that many "commit suicide, as a passionate man will stab an other," it is not only an escape from hopeless despair but an expression of the most violent rage. To ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
Springer-Verlag New York Inc. United States
Number of pages
252
Condition
New
Number of Pages
250
Place of Publication
New York, NY, United States
ISBN
9781468442076
SKU
V9781468442076
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99-15
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