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Author Shneidman, Edwin S.

Title Comprehending suicide : landmarks in 20th-century suicidology / Edwin Shneidman.

Publication Info. Washington, DC : American Psychological Association, [2001]
©2001

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 University of Saint Joseph: Pope Pius XII Library - Standard Shelving Location  616.85 S558C    Check Shelf
Edition First edition.
Description xiv, 215 pages ; 26 cm
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and indexes.
Contents ch. 1. History of suicide : voluntary death in Western culture / Georges Minois -- ch. 2. The savage God : a study of suicide / a. Alvarez -- ch. 3. Suicide : a study in sociology / Emile Durkheim -- ch. 4. Suicide : a sociological and statistical study / Louis I. Dublin -- ch. 5. The thorn in the chrysanthemum : suicide and economic success in modern Japan / Mamoru Iga -- ch. 6. The neurobiology of suicide : from the bench to the clinic / David M. Stoff and J. John Mann -- ch. 7. Man against himself / Karl A. Menninger -- ch. 8. Suicides / Jean Baechler -- ch. 9. The Inman diary : a public and private confession / Daniel Aaron -- ch. 10. Essential papers on suicide -- ch. 11. Survivors of suicide / Albert C. Cain -- ch. 12. The Samaritans : befriending the suicidal / Chad Varah -- ch. 13. The enigma of suicide / George Howe Colt.
Subject Suicide.
Suicide -- Miscellanea.
Suicide.
Genre/Form Review.
Added Title Landmarks in twentieth century suicidology
ISBN 1557987432
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