Definition of Suicide

Definition of Suicide
ISBN-10
0471882259
ISBN-13
9780471882251
Category
Psychology / General
Pages
256
Language
English
Published
1985-04-26
Publisher
Wiley
Author
Edwin Shneidman

Description

ing on philosophy, psychology, and systems theory, this work presents a fresh, new approach to understanding suicide. Presents fourteen common characteristics of suicide, each of which is carefully described in both theoretical and clinical terms. Includes a section on the prevention of suicide and a detailed case study, illustrating the cognitive aspects of suicide using the text of Melville's great psychological novel, Moby Dick

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