Lives and Deaths

, by Leenaars, Antoon A.; Shneidman, Edwin S.

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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.

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PART I PSYCHOLOGICAL ASSESSMENT

A Note on the Experimental Study of the Appraisal Interview. Journal of Applied Psychology, 1943, 27, 196-205.

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MAPS of the Harvard Yard. Journal of Personality Assessment, 1986, 50, 436-447.

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Personality and ``Success'' Among a Selected Group of Lawyers. Journal of Personality Assessment, 1984, 48, 609-616.

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The Psychological Pain Assessment Scale. Suicide and Life-Threatening Behavior, 1999, 29.

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PART II LOGIC

The Logic of Politics. In M. A. May and L. Arons (Eds.), Television and Human Behavior. New York: Appleton-Century-Crofts, 1963, pp. 178-199.

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On ``Therefore I Must Kill Myself.'' Suicide and Life-Threatening Behavior, 1982, 12, 52-55.

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Melville's Cognitive Style: The Logic of Moby-Dick. In J. Bryant (Ed.), A Companion to Melville Studies. Westport, CT: Greenwood Press, 1986, pp. 543-564.

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PART III MELVILLE AND MURRAY

The Deaths of Herman Melville. In H. P. Vincent (Ed.), Melville and Hawthorne in the Berkshires. Kent, OH: Kent State University Press, 1968, pp. 118-144.

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Some Psychological Reflections on the Death of Malcolm Melville. Suicide and Life-Threatening Behavior, 1976, 6, 231-242.

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A Possible Classification of Suicidal Acts Based on Murray's Need System. Suicide and Life-Threatening Behavior, 1980, 10, 175-181.

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Remarks at a Memorial Service for Henry A. Murray, Memorial Church, Harvard University, October 3, 1988.

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PART IV SUICIDE

Section A: Definitional and Theoretical

``Suicide'' and ``Suicidology'': A Brief Etymological Note. Life-Threatening Behavior, 1971, 1, 260-263.

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A Formal Definition, with Explication. Definition of Suicide. New York: Wiley, 1985, pp. 202-213.

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Suicide on My Mind, Britannica on My Table. The American Scholar, 1998, 67(4), 93-104.

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Suicide. Encyclopaedia Britannica. Chicago: William Benton, 1973, Vol. 21, pp. 383-385.

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Perturbation and Lethality as Precursors of Suicide in a Gifted Group. Life-Threatening Behavior, 1971, 1, 23-45.

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A Conspectus of the Suicidal Scenario. In R. W. Maris et al. (Eds.), Assessment and Prediction of Suicide. New York: Guilford Press, 1992, pp. 31-49.

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Suicide as Psychache. Journal of Nervous and Mental Disease, 1993, 181, 147-149.

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Section B: Suicide Notes

Some Characteristics of Genuine Versus Simulated Suicide Notes. In P.J. Stone et al. (Eds.), The General Inquirer: A Computer Approach to Content Analysis. Cambridge: MIT Press, 1969, pp. 527-535. (With D. M. Ogilvie and P. J. Stone).

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Suicide Notes Reconsidered. Psychiatry, 1973, 36, 379-394.

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Self-Destruction: Suicide Notes and Tragic Lives. Voices of Death. New York: Harper and Row, 1980, pp. 41-76.

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Letters of Enforced Death Versus Suicide Notes. Journal of Psychology and Judaism, 1995, 19, 153-160.

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Section C: Administrative and Programmatic

The Los Angeles Suicide Prevention Center: A Demonstration of Public Health Feasibilities. American Journal of Public Health, 1965, 55, 21-26. (With N. Farberow).

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The NIMH Center for Studies of Suicide Prevention. Bulletin of Suicidology, 1967, 1, 2-7.

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Some Reflections of a Founder. Suicide and Life-Threatening Behavior, 1988, 18, 1-12.

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Section D: Clinical and Community

How To Prevent Suicide. Public Affairs Pamphlet. New York: Public Affairs Pamphlets, 1967, No. 406. (With P. Mandelkorn).

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Psychotherapy with Suicidal Patients. In T. B. Karasu and L. Bellak (Eds.), Specialized Techniques in Individual Psychotherapy. New York: Brunner/Mazel, 1980, pp. 305-313.

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Aphorisms of Suicide and Some Implications for Psychotherapy. American Journal of Psychotherapy, 1984, 38, 319-328.

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Letter to the Editor: Rational Suicide and Psychiatric Disorders. New England Journal of Medicine, 1992, 326, 889.

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Section E: Psychological Autopsy and Postvention

The Psychological Autopsy. In L.I. Gottschalk et al. (Eds.), Guide to the Investigation and Reporting of Drug-Abuse Deaths. Washington, D.C.: USDHEW, U.S. Government Printing Office, 1977, pp. 179-210.

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Comment: The Psychological Autopsy. American Psychologist, 1994, 39, 75-76.

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An Example of an Equivocal Death Clarified in a Court of Law. Suicide as Psychache. Northvale, NJ: Jason Aronson, Inc., 1993, pp. 211-246.

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Postvention: The Care of the Bereaved. In R. O. Pasnau (Ed.), Consultation in Liaison Psychiatry. New York: Grune and Stratton, 1975, pp. 245-256.

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PART V DEATH

Orientations Toward Death: A Vital Aspect of the Study of Lives. In R. W. White (Ed.), The Study of Lives. New York: Atherton Press, 1963, pp. 200-227.

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Clinical Thanatology and Psychotherapy: Some Reflections on Caring for the Dying Person. Omega, 1979, 10, 1-8. (With L. Feigenberg).

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Final Thoughts and Reflections. The Suicidal Mind. New York: Oxford University Press, 1996, pp. 157-166.

511

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Dedication (to Parents). Voices of Death. New York: Harper & Row, 1980.

518

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Bibliography: The Complete Works of Edwin S. Shneidman

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Index

533

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