Suicide as Psychache: A Clinical Approach to Self-Destructive Behavior

by Edwin S. Shneidman

Book Overview

"This is an important book that no suicidologist should be without. In it, the author, Edwin S. Shneidman, brings together work he undertook and completed between 1971 and 1993. This work includes an empirical study, some single case studies, some theoretical think pieces, and some suggestions for psychotherapy. In this volume, Suicide as Psychache: A Clinical Approach to Self-Destructive Behavior, Shneidman introduces the concept of psychache,...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0876681518
• ISBN13: 9780876681510
• Release Date: April 1995
• Publisher: Globe Pequot Publishing Group Inc/Bloomsbury
• Length: 258 Pages
• Weight: 0.90 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.0" x 9.0"