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Auteur Edwin S. Shneidman (1918-2009)
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Edwin S. Shneidman was an American suicidologist and thanatologist. In 1958, he founded the Los Angeles Suicide Prevention Center, where the men were instrumental in researching suicide and developing a crisis center and treatments to prevent deaths. In 1968, Shneidman founded the American Association of Suicidology and the principal United States journal for suicide studies, Suicide and Life Threatening Behavior. In 1970, he became Professor of Thanatology at the University of California, where he taught for decades. He published 20 books on suicide and its prevention.
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Documents disponibles écrits par cet auteur (21)
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During the 20th century, hundreds of books were written on suicide, but only a few can be said to have stimulated their readers to a deeper and more practical understanding of the topic. Drawing on his more than 60 years of experience, Edwin S. [...]Livre
La personne qui a décidé de mettre fin à ses jours s'engage dans une dynamique d'isolement de souffrance psychologique et de constriction de sa perception de la vie telle que la mort devient pour elle une délivrance, une obsession. Chacun(e) de [...]Livre
Shneidman offers practical, explicit maneuvers to assist in treating a suicidal individual--steps that can be taken by concerned friends or family and professionals alike. Suicide is an exclusively human response to extreme psychological pain, a[...]Livre
In this volume, Suicide as Psychache: A Clinical Approach to Self-Destructive Behavior, Shneidman introduces the concept of psychache, adding to the existing vocabulary on suicide to which he has contributed so generously. Shneidman defines psy[...]Livre
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One of the most impressive facts about death today is how much and in how many different ways various aspects of death and dying are undergoing dramatic changes. Edwin Shneidman has compiled this volume to give the reader a broad-ranging view of[...]Livre
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