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The Suicidal Mind
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Why do people take their own lives? Is there anything others can do to stop them? How can we tell when a person is suicidal? In this book, Edwin Schneidman looks carefully at the psychological processes that lead to suicide and discusses suicide as a product of psychological pain and thwarted psychological needs. With suicide (and especially youth suicide) seemingly increasing throughout the Western world today, this book represents a forthright attempt to revitalize the topic and demonstrate that everyone can detect and stop potential suicides from occuring.
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“Shneidman (31) refers to ambivalence as a cognitive state “that occurs in almost every case of suicide” (p. 129)”
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“Suicidal individuals in the transition phase describe an all-embracing “focus on death” (31, 35, 67); to outsiders, the suicidal person may appear “zombie-like” rather than emotionally agitated (68), a “thousand yards stare” (69) seems to characterize some.”
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“Suicidal ambivalence accompanies the entire suicidal process (31)”
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“despite the widespread consensus that ambivalence is a core characteristic of suicidal individuals (31, 32)”
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“and offers a therapeutic starting point to motivate suicidal individuals to postpone a decision to die by suicide, to engage in treatment, to establish a different way of dealing with suicidal ideation (20, 23–25) and to explore “suicide drivers” (31) as well as resilience factors.”
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Metadata
- Authors
- Shneidman, E. S.
- Corresponding author
- Shneidman, Edwin S
- Publisher
- Oxford University PressNew York, NY
- Published
- 1996-05-23
- OpenAlex
- W4388361364
- Cited by
- 307
- References
- 0
- Citations by year
- 2026: 13 · 2025: 17 · 2024: 10 · 2023: 10 · 2022: 13 · 2021: 17 · 2020: 13 · 2019: 19 · 2018: 13 · 2017: 18 · 2016: 16 · 2015: 14 · 2014: 19 · 2013: 8 · 2012: 7
- FWCI
- 4.30
- Type
- book
- Language
- en
- Open access
- closed
- Topics
- Social Sciences › Psychology › Clinical Psychology › Suicide and Self-Harm Studies
- Social Sciences › Sociology and Political Science › Homicide, Infanticide, and Child Abuse
- Social Sciences › Psychology › Social Psychology › Death Anxiety and Social Exclusion
- Keywords
- suicide, suicidal behavior, psychological suffering, youth suicide, suicide prevention, suicide risk identification
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