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An examination of the most thought-provoking works on suicide of the 20th century. It includes historical, literary, sociological, biological, psychiatric and psychological, survivor and helping points of view.

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• Preface(p. ix)
• Acknowledgments(p. xiii)
• Introduction(p. 3)
• I. Historical and Literary Insights(p. 11)
• Chapter 1. History of Suicide: Voluntary Death in Western Culture(p. 13)
• Chapter 2. The Savage God: A Study of Suicide(p. 23)
• II. Sociological Insights(p. 31)
• Chapter 3. Suicide: A Study in Sociology(p. 33)
• Chapter 4. Suicide: A Sociological and Statistical Study(p. 49)
• Chapter 5. The Thorn in the Chrysanthemum: Suicide and Economic Success in Modern Japan(p. 59)
• III. Biological Insights(p. 69)
• Chapter 6. The Neurobiology of Suicide: From the Bench to the Clinic(p. 71)
• IV. Psychiatric and Psychological Insights(p. 87)
• Chapter 7. Man Against Himself(p. 89)
• Chapter 8. Suicides(p. 103)
• Chapter 9. The Inman Diary: A Public and Private Confession(p. 123)
• Chapter 10. Essential Papers on Suicide(p. 135)
• V. Insights on Survivors and Volunteers(p. 151)
• Chapter 11. Survivors of Suicide(p. 153)
• Chapter 12. The Samaritans: Befriending the Suicidal(p. 167)
• Chapter 13. The Enigma of Suicide(p. 179)
• Epilogue: This I Believe(p. 197)
• Author Index(p. 205)
• Subject Index(p. 209)
• About the Author(p. 215)

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CHOICE Review

Shneidman's scholarly examination of the thought-provoking works of the 20th century that offer invaluable insights on and therapeutic response to suicide is essential reading for students of the mind, social scientists, and clinicians. His book provides a fresh, comprehensive, rich, and integrated summary of the study of suicide; chapters illustrate facets of suicidal behavior that are worthy of detailed investigation. Chapters reflect the historical, literary, sociological, biological, psychiatric, psychological, survivor, and volunteer perspectives and highlight classic references and their contributions to understanding suicide. Opposing the popular tide of research that profiles a biological understanding of suicide and celebrates a quick biochemical fix with medications, Shneidman (UCLA) argues convincingly in the epilogue that suicide is a drama in the mind that is almost always driven by psychological pain, the pain of negative emotions--called "psychache." The rule for saving a life in the balance is to reduce this inner pain. Shneidman's anodyne therapy focuses on understanding and mollifying the inner pain by helping the person reconceptualize the firmly held position that he or she cannot or will not tolerate life and that suicide is the only solution. Shneidman inspires insights, intuition, and useful understandings of the mystery of suicide. All collections. S. M. Valente University of Southern California

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Edwin S. Shneidman, PhD, is Professor of Thanatology Emeritus, University of California at Los Angeles