Suicide : theory and clinical aspects / L.D. Hankoff, MD, editor, Bernice Einsidler, MS, associate editor.

Littleton, Mass. : PSG Publishing Company, [1979]

xiv, 464 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm

Copy 1. Donor: Family of Martin Roth.

Judaic origins of the suicide prohibition ; Suicide and the afterlife in ancient Egypt ; A first century A.D. view of suicide : Flavius Josephus / L.D. Hankoff -- The ethics of suicide : a secular view / John Moskop, H. Tristram Engelhardt, Jr. -- A critique of professional ethics / Thomas S. Szasz -- Religion : a Catholic view / James P. Cassidy, Priscilla M. Russo -- Religion : a Jewish view / Seymour Siegel -- Legal aspects of suicide / Irwin N. Perr -- Psysicochemical correlates / L.D. Hankoff -- Clinical electroencephalography / Frederick A. Struve -- Self-injury in animals / Bernice Einsidler, L.D. Hankoff -- An overview : personality, motivation, and behavior theories / Edwin S. Shneidman -- The psychodynamics of suicide / Sidney S. Furst, Mortimer Ostow -- Behavior theories and their application / Abraham M. Jeger -- Adolescence and the crisis of dying / L.D. Hankoff -- Transcultural perspectives / Ari Kiev -- Life stress / E.S. Paykel -- Situational categories / L.D. Hankoff -- The aged / Fred B. Charatan -- Alcohol and other substance abusers / Joel Solomon, Dan Arnon -- The general hospital patient / Joseph E. Pisetsky, William Brown -- The hemodialysis patient / Joseph T. DiBianco -- American Indians / William Willard -- The gifted / Edwin S. Shneidman -- Physicians / Herbert Waltzer -- Prisoners / Arnett W. Gaston -- The armed forces / L.D. Hankoff -- The medical practitioner / Herbert Waltzer -- Psychodynamic strategies with outpatients / David A. Halperin -- Managing the transition to adulthood / Bernice Einsidler -- Pastoral counseling / Harry M. Warren, III -- Organization of suicide prevention agencies / Albert R. Roberts -- Telephone services / Irene Trowell -- The dialectics of suicide / L.D. Hankoff, Bernice Einsidler.

Includes bibliographical references (pages 421-457) and index.