Suicide: Prevention, Intervention, Postvention

by Earl A. Grollman

Overview

Provides information on suicide statistics and gives advice on how to recognize the warning signs of a potential suicide attempt, how to intervene when a suicide has been attempted, and how to comfort families and friends who have lost a loved one to suicide. This updated and expanded edition contains a discussion of euthanasia and living wills and a list of crisis centers around the United States.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780807027073
Publisher:	Beacon Press
Publication date:	05/02/1988
Edition description:	Revised Edition
Pages:	160
Product dimensions:	5.50(w) x 8.50(h) x 0.35(d)

About the Author

Earl A. Grollman, a pioneer in the field of crisis intervention, was rabbi of the Beth El Temple Center in Belmont, Massachusetts, for 36 years. A certified death educator and counselor, he was cited as "Hero of The Heartland" for his work with the families and volunteers of the Oklahoma City bombing.

Dr. Grollman has spoken at many colleges, clergy institutes, seminaries, physicians' forums, and hospital nursing associations, and has frequently addressed support groups such as The Compassionate Friends and Mothers Against Drunk Driving. He has also appeared on numerous national television and radio programs, including the Oprah Winfrey Show, Children's Journal, All Things Considered, and Mister Rogers' Neighborhood. He was featured on National Public Radio's The End of Life: Exploring Death in America series in the roundtable discussion on grief and bereavement.

He is the author of several books including Living When a Loved One Has Died, Straight Talk about Death for Teenagers, and Living When a Young Friend Commits Suicide.

Table of Contents

1	Suicide: The Problem	1
	Suicide Could Happen to You
	Incidence
	What Is Suicide?
	Indirect Suicide
	Autocide
	Alcoholism
	Drug Abuse
	Other Forms of Subintentioned Suicide
2	Views on Suicide throughout History	13
	Egyptian, Greek, Roman, and Later Cultures
	Judaism
	Christianity
	Islam
	Japanese Religious Faiths
	Critique
3	Suicide: The Theorists	27
	Sigmund Freud
	Karl Menninger
	Alfred Adler
	Carl Jung
	James Hillman
	Harry Stack Sullivan
	Karen Horney
	Emile Durkheim
	Norman L. Faberow
	Edwin S. Schneidman
	A. Alvarez
	Elisabeth Kubler-Ross
4	Suicide: The Social Context	35
	Economic Conditions
	Occupation
	Male and Female
	Marital Status
	Youth
	Middle Age
	The Elderly
	Cities and Neighborhoods
	Race
	Geography
	War and Peace
	Time of Year
	Media and Cluster Suicides
	Jail Suicides
	Homosexuals
	Religion
5	Clues to Suicide: Prevention	62
	The Suicide Attempt
	The Suicide Threat
	The Situational Hint
	The Family Hint
	The Emotional Hint
	Behavioral Hints
	Mental Illness
	Those Most Susceptible to Suicide
6	Helping the Potential Suicide: Intervention	76
	The Attitude of the Helper
	The Helper as Moralizer
	What You Can Do to Help
7	When Suicide Is Committed: Postvention	88
	The Grieving Process
	Accept Your Grief
	When to Seek Professional Help
	The Funeral
	Children Grieve, Too
	Recovering from Grief
	Helping Survivor-Victims
	Withdrawal and Return
8	Euthanasia: Killing and Letting Die	105
	Euthanasia: What It Is
	The Living Will
	Passive Euthanasia
	Active Euthanasia
	The Right to Suicide
9	A Summons for Community Action	112
	Making Death Come Alive
	Making Suicide More Understandable
	The Suicide Prevention Center
	Help for Families of Suicide
	Conclusion	123
	Appendix	125
	For More Information
	Suicide Prevention/Crisis Intervention Centers in the United States
	Bibliography	145