Synopses & Reviews
ing on philosophy, psychology, and systems theory, this work presents a fresh, new approach to understanding suicide. Presents fourteen common characteristics of suicide, each of which is carefully described in both theoretical and clinical terms. Includes a section on the prevention of suicide and a detailed case study, illustrating the cognitive aspects of suicide using the text of Melville's great psychological novel, Moby Dick
Table of Contents
Partial table of contents:
BASIC WORDS AND APPROACHES.
Headnote.
The Words.
RELATED TOPICS.
Headnote.
Some Idols about Death.
BASIC TEXTS.
Headnote.
Cosmology: Pepper's World Hypotheses.
COMMON CHARACTERISTICS OF SUICIDE.
Headnote.
Situational Aspects of Suicide.
Conative Aspects of Suicide.
Affective Aspects of Suicide.
A CASE ILLUSTRATION.
Headnote.
The Suicidal Psycho-Logics of Moby-Dick.
DEFINITIONAL ISSUES.
Headnote.
Definition in Terms of Suicide Notes.
IMPLICATIONS AND CODA.
Headnote.
Implications for Prevention and Response.
Some Observations About the Topic of Suicide.
Bibliography.
Name and Subject Indexes.