Suicidal Thoughts

Essays on Self-Determined Death
Herausgeber: Malikow, Max

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

Suicidal Thoughts is a compilation of some of the most moving and insightful writing accomplished on the topic of suicide. It presents the thoughts and experiences of fifteen writers who have contemplated suicide-some on a professional level, others on a personal level, and a few, both personally and professionally. Through this collection, the reader is able to bear witness to the struggle between life and death and to the devastating aftermath of suicide. Suicidal Thoughts provides readers with a better understanding of the reasons why some individuals give serious consideration to killing themselves.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: RLPG/Galleys
• Seitenzahl: 84
• Erscheinungstermin: 20. Oktober 2008
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 229mm x 152mm x 5mm
• Gewicht: 136g
• ISBN-13: 9780761841180
• ISBN-10: 0761841180
• Artikelnr.: 28114889

Autorenporträt

Edited by Max Malikow - Contributions by A Alvarez; Olive Ann Burns; Sue Chance M.D.; Rabbi Earl A. Grollman; Eric Hoffer; Kay Jamison Ph.D.; Gordon Livingston M.D.; Max Malikow; Karl Menninger M.D.; Sherwin B. Nuland M.D.; Walker Percy M.D.; Rick Reilly;

Inhaltsangabe

Chapter 1 I. Sylvia Plath: A Miscalculation? (A. Alvarez) A brilliant poet
ends her life in an apparent suicide. In this excerpt from The Savage God,
A. Alvarez expresses why he doubts that it was a suicide. Chapter 2 II.
Uncle Camp's Suicide (Olive Ann Burns) A man convinced of his unworthiness
to live commits suicide. From the 1984 bestseller Cold Sassy Tree. Chapter
3 III. A Survivor's Benediction (Sue Chance, M.D.) A psychiatrist reflects
on her son's suicide. Chapter 4 IV. A Suicide Occurs - The Abuse of
Religion (Rabbi Earl A. Grollman, D.D.) A prolific writer on the subject of
bereavement provides a history of philosophical and religious thought on
the topic of suicide. Chapter 5 V. A Philosopher Almost Commits Suicide
(Eric Hoffer)One of the twentieth century's greatest thinkers explains his
decision to kill himself and why he changed his mind. Chapter 6 VI. The
Pact (Kay Jamison, Ph.D.) A brilliant, suicidal psychologist makes an
agreement with an equally brilliant, suicidal friend. Chapter 7 VII. A
Psychiatrist's Son Commits Suicide (Gordon Livingston, M.D.) In an excerpt
from Too Old Too Soon, Too Smart Too Late Dr. Livingston shares his
thoughts in the wake of his son's suicide. Chapter 8 VIII. Altruistic
Suicide (Max Malikow, Th.D.) An Air Force pilot, a pregnant woman with
cancer, and four clergymen choose to die for the sake of others. Chapter 9
IX. The Significance of How People Kill Themselves (Karl Menninger, M.D.)
In his classic, Man Against Himself, Dr. Menninger addresses the meaning of
the methods employed by those who accomplish their suicide. Chapter 10 X.
Professor Bridgman's Suicide (Sherwin Nuland, M.D.) A Harvard professor and
Nobel Prize winner decides to end his life. Chapter 11 XI. Suicide as a
Cure for Depression (Walker Percy, M.D.) A celebrated author proposes the
serious contemplation of suicide as an effective treatment for depression.
Chapter 12 XII. Getting a Second Wind (Rick Reilly) Grieving parents make a
decision that saves a life and enriches their's. Chapter 13 XIII. A
Suicidologist's Reflections (Edwin Shneidman, Ph.D.) After forty years of
research and practice an eminent psychologist offers his understanding of
why people kill themselves. Chapter 14 XIV. Suicide as Psychache (Edwin
Shneidman, Ph.D.)Dr. Shneidman elaborates on the term he coined as part of
his explanation that suicide has to do with an individual's threshold for
enduring pain in the mind. Chapter 15 XV. I Want to Die (Rod Steiger) An
Academy Award winning actor's dramatic reading of his thoughts when
suffering from a debilitating clinical depression. Chapter 16 XVI. I'm
Dying (William Styron) One of this generation's most gifted and
accomplished authors describes the downward spiral that nearly ended with
his suicide. Chapter 17 XVII. In Control of Our Death (Judith Viorst) A
renown psychologist fails to keep a luncheon date when he commits suicide.

Rezensionen

It is a testimony to Max Malikow's long devotion to understanding suicide, as well as his editorial acumen, that this book grabs our hearts for both the questions it makes us consider and the people it helps us to understand. -- Maria DiTullio, Ed.D, Associate Professor of Psychology, LeMoyne College This is a useful, perhaps unique resource, compact and provocative like a good poem. Metapsychology Online Reviews, December 1, 2009 This is a set of essays that may not appeal to all readers, but which readers will nonetheless feel compelled to finish. Suicidal Thoughts gives the reader much about which to think. -- Peter M.Gutierrez, Ph.D., President, American Association of Suicidology