Lives & Deaths: Selections from the Works of Edwin S. Shneidman
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Edwin S. Shneidman is recognized as the central figure in the field of suicidology. His writings have taught countless psychologists and other health professionals about the complexity of suicide, death and bereavement. This collection of his writings spans the entirety of his career and offers a unique insight into the development of his thinking. The material is broken down into five parts: Psychological Assessment, Logic, Melville and Murray, Suicide, and Death and each section includes an introduction by the editor. Lives and Deaths is a vital resource for those in suicidology and related fields, allowing the reader to sample a variety of selections from Shneidman's work in one compact volume. The book is ideal for classroom use by upper level undergraduates and graduate students in the history of suicidology or as a supplemental text in a general suicidology course. It is also of interest to clinicians treating high-risk patients as well as a more general audience including psychologists, social workers, crisis counselors and suicide prevention specialists.
PrefacePermissionsPt. IPsychological Assessment1A Note on the Experimental Study of the Appraisal Interview52MAPS of the Harvard Yard163Personality and "Success" Among a Selected Group of Lawyers294The Psychological Pain Assessment Scale41Pt. IILogic5The Logic of Politics496On "Therefore I Must Kill Myself."727Melville's Cognitive Style: The Logic of Moby-Dick77Pt. IIIMelville and Murray8The Deaths of Herman Melville1039Some Psychological Reflections on the Death of Malcolm Melville12710A Possible Classification of Suicidal Acts Based on Murray's Need System13911Remarks at a Memorial Service for Henry A. Murray146Pt. IVSuicide12"Suicide" and "Suicidology": A Brief Etymological Note14913A Formal Definition, with Explication15414Suicide on My Mind, Britannica on My Table16415Suicide. Encyclopaedia Britannica17616Perturbation and Lethality as Precursors of Suicide in a Gifted Group19817A Conspectus of the Suicidal Scenario22318Suicide as Psychache23919Some Characteristics of Genuine Versus Simulated Suicide Notes24720Suicide Notes Reconsidered25621Self-Destruction: Suicide Notes and Tragic Lives27722Letters of Enforced Death Versus Suicide Notes30323The Los Angeles Suicide Prevention Center: A Demonstration of Public Health Feasibilities31324The NIMH Center for Studies of Suicide Prevention32125Some Reflections of a Founder33026How To Prevent Suicide: Public Affairs Pamphlet34527Psychotherapy with Suicidal Patients36328Aphorisms of Suicide and Some Implications for Psychotherapy37229Letter to the Editor: Rational Suicide and Psychiatric Disorders38330The Psychological Autopsy38731Comment: The Psychological Autopsy41132An Example of an Equivocal Death Clarified in a Court of Law41533Postvention: The Care of the Bereaved444Pt. VDeath34Orientations Toward Death: A Vital Aspect of the Study of Lives45935Clinical Thanatology and Psychotherapy: Some Reflections on Caring for the Dying Person50236Final Thoughts and Reflections51137Dedication (to Parents)518Bibliography: The Complete Works of Edwin S. Shneidman519Index533
