Cry of Pain

J. Mark G. Williams (Autor)

Buch | Softcover

272 Seiten

1997
Penguin Books Ltd (Verlag)
9780140250725 (ISBN)

Infos

A survey of suicide and attempted suicide, this book presents facts and theories alongside current psychotherapeutic thinking and practice. Opposing the usual interpretation, the author suggests that suicide is instead a "cry of pain" and the result of mental anguish and the need to escape.

Inhalt

Historical perspective; suicide - the statistics; psychiatric and social factors in suicide; the causes of attempted suicide; rational suicide, euthenasia and martyrdom; psychodynamics, biology and genetics; the effect of the media; the cry of pain; memory taps; the primary prevention of suicidal behaviour; secondary prevention - therapy for suicidal feelings and behaviour; final thoughts.

Produkt-Details

• Erscheint lt. Verlag: 29.5.1997
• Reihe/Serie: Penguin psychology
• Zusatzinfo: figures, tables, references, index
• Verlagsort: London
• Sprache: englisch
• Maße: 128 x 198 mm
• Gewicht: 200 g
• Themenwelt: Geisteswissenschaften ► Psychologie ► Verhaltenstherapie
• Themenwelt: Sozialwissenschaften ► Soziologie ► Mikrosoziologie
• ISBN-13: 9780140250725 / 9780140250725
• Zustand: Neuware