Autopsy of a suicidal mind / Edwin S. Shneidman, Ph.D.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Shneidman, Edwin S., author.

Series:

Oxford scholarship online.

Oxford scholarship online

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Suicide--Case studies.

Suicide.

Psychological autopsy.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (200 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2023

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Shneidman (U. of California at Los Angeles) examines the case of an individual suicide, bringing together interviews with his family and friends, involved professionals, and ""consultations"" with other psychiatrists specializing in suicide in order to conduct a post-mortem ""autopsy"" of the psychological state that led to the young man's death. Annot

Contents:

Foreword; Contents; Consultants; 1 The Beginning; 2 About Suicide Notes; 3 Consultation by Morton Silverman, M.D.; 4 Interview with the Mother; 5 The Idea of a Psychological Autopsy; 6 Interview with the Father; 7 Consultation by Robert E. Litman, M.D.; 8 Consultation by Jerome Motto, M.D.; 9 Consultation by Norman L. Farberow, Ph.D.; 10 Interview with the Brother; 11 Interview with the Sister; 12 Consultation by John T. Maltsberger, M.D.; 13 Interview with the Pal; 14 Consultation by Ronald Maris, Ph.D.; 15 Interview with the Ex-Wife; 16 Interview with the Girlfriend

17 Interview with the Psychotherapist18 Consultation by David Rudd, Ph.D.; 19 Interview with the Psychiatrist; 20 Consultation by Avery Weisman, M.D.; 21 Letter to the Mother; Appendix: Arthur's Suicide Note; References; Index; About the Author

Notes:

Previously issued in print: 2004.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Derived record based on print version record and publisher information.

ISBN:

0-19-773469-3

0-19-020768-X

1-280-42809-0

0-19-534671-8

0-19-518657-5

OCLC:

191924313