| Summary: | Drawing on more than 60 years of experience studying suicide, the author has gathered in one book 13 works of the 20th century that offer invaluable insights on suicide and on responses to it. The book begins with a brief history of the phenomenon. Engaging reviews of the landmark publications open each chapter. The chapters also reproduce the title page and table of contents of the original book, before providing a few pages from the original tests to give the reader authentic samples of the original author's own voice. Taken together, the chapters reflect historical, literary, sociological, biological, psychiatric, psychological, survivor, and volunteer points of view. Featured last is a discussion of the author's key beliefs arrived at after a lifetime of study. This book will provide a unique reading experience for people doing research and for those helping to prevent suicide through community intervention or clinical practice. (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2004 APA, all rights reserved).
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